Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Red Lion Public House
Caia Park, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Caia Park, Wrexham, designated on 31 January 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Community
- Caia Park
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.03582, -2.97424
- Cadw reference
- 1755
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 121 Wrexham (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Near the junction of Abenbury Road with King's Mills Road, facing away from the road and overlooking the River Clywedog.
History
Probably built as a dwelling in the C17, but long-used as a public house.
Exterior
Rendered over brick or possible timber frame with Welsh slate roof with red tiled cresting. One and a half storeys, 3 unit plan. Doorway towards left in added gabled porch, flanked by renewed casement windows. Early C19 casement window with iron gothick glazing to right. 3 framed gabled dormers in the roof, with casement windows, and bargeboards with finials to overhanging eaves. End wall stacks. Blind rear elevation to road.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of rural vernacular building.
Group value with bridges over Rivers Clywedog and Gwenfro.
Nearby in the register
- Kingsmills Bridge over River ClywedogTransportunder 1 mi
- Kingsmills Bridge over River GwenfroTransportunder 1 mi
- Bryn-y-Grog HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pavilion including attached Skittle Alley at Cefn ParkDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.