7 Hand Terrace

Chirk, Wrexham, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Chirk, Wrexham, designated on 29 July 1998.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 7 Hand Terrace, Chirk, Wrexham, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Domestic
Date of designation: 29 July 1998
Locality: Chirk
Town: Wrexham
Community: Chirk
Unitary authority: Wrexham
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.93329, -3.05674
Cadw reference: 20222

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)
1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 121 Wrexham (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

The terrace fronts the Holyhead Road, immediately N of the Hand Hotel.

History

The terrace of estate workers cottages was built by the Chirk Castle Estate in c1820-1825 for Charlotte Myddleton-Biddulph. Some later alterations.

Exterior

A N end of terrace, adjoining the Castle Veterinary Centre. Door at side.

Reason for designation

Included as a good example of estate cottages retaining original detailing, built with an apt sense of scale and forming a picturesque composition, carefully fitted into the existing fabric of Chirk.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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