Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
26 Chester Street
Rhosddu, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhosddu, Wrexham, designated on 31 January 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1994
- Community
- Rhosddu
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04763, -2.99201
- Cadw reference
- 1825
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
Part of a terrace on the W side of the street, N of its junction with Lambpit Street.
History
Probably built as a house in the early C19, but adapted for use as shop with accommodation above.
Exterior
Render over brick with slate roof. 2 storeys, 2 window range with round-arched passage entry to left, and C20 shop front to right, with central entrance and shop window beneath continuous fascia. Upper windows are 12 and 16-pane sashes. Axial stack set towards rear.
Reason for designation
Forms part of a group with Nos 23, 24-25, 27, 28 and 29 Chester Street, a surviving C19 street scape now rare in Wrexham.
Nearby in the register
- 27 Chester StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 28 Chester StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wingett HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 24 Chester StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.