Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Frog Lane Cottage (East)
Willington Worthenbury, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 7 May 1998
- Locality
- Worthenbury
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Willington Worthenbury
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.01012, -2.86149
- Cadw reference
- 19775
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the south side of Frog Lane (B 5069) in its own garden and set back from the road behind a low brick wall with iron gate and stone piers.
History
One of two almost identical early C19 estate workers cottages on Frog Lane, said to have been part of the Broughton Hall estate, and in ownership of Elizabeth Ann Hanson of Bowling Bank Farm in 1830.
Exterior
Rectangular single storey cottage, plus attic, of red brick with white painted brick dressings under slate roof. Central brick chimney stack with white painted brick dressings. Two Victorian Jacobethan style windows of two-lights with lozenge-paned leading. Original nailed front door. Attic window to each gable end. Original nailed and boarded door.
Reason for designation
Listed, together with its pair, as good examples of C19 improved workers cottage.
Nearby in the register
- Frog Lane Cottage (West)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Bowling Bank Farmhouse including attached farm range to westDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Shop CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.