Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
26 High Street
Offa, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Offa, Wrexham, designated on 31 January 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Community
- Offa
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04499, -2.99181
- Cadw reference
- 1783
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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
On the corner of Yorke Street and High Street.
History
Present building is early C19, but is probably the site refered to as No. 25 by Palmer, where an inn was in existence by 1755.
Exterior
Painted brick with slate roof. 3 storeys, 2 window range, the shop front to ground floor a late C20 insertion (replacing an earlier C20 shop front). 9-pane sash windows to first floor with flat arched painted heads were probably reduced in height when earlier shop front was inserted. Second floor windows are of greater height, and also have flat-arched heads.
Plain wood eaves cornice.
Reason for designation
Forms part of an important group of commercial buildings on High Street.
Included for group value.
Nearby in the register
- 28 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 29 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 30 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 31 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.