Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Summerhouse at Holly Cottage
Gresford, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 3 June 1996
- Locality
- Marford
- Community
- Gresford
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09987, -2.95772
- Cadw reference
- 17685
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated in the garden to the S side of Holly Cottage on the E side of Marford Hill.
History
Probably early C19, constructed in the picturesque style of the Trevalyn estate buildings in the village.
Exterior
Red brick with conical slate roof, semicircular plan, single storey. Rounded side facing house has central arched entrance flanked by circular openings. Dentil eaves cornice.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Holly Cottage.
Nearby in the register
- Holly CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Yew Tree CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Roft LeeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Beech CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.