Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 Castle Road
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Chirk, Wrexham, designated on 29 July 1998.
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
- 52.93128, -3.05643
- Cadw reference
- 20257
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)
- 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)
Cadw's description
Location
The building is one of a row of at the start of Castle Road.
History
The building is one of a row of contiguous properties of C17 origin, all refaced in brick in the early-mid C19.
Exterior
The house is of brick with a slate roof. Two storeys, 3 window bays. Central partly glazed door with a 5-pane overlight raised over steps, set under a gabled timber framed porch hood on brackets. Stone sills and plinth continuous with the adjoining properties. The first and second floor windows are of 2 lights in segmental headed openings.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a row forming a prominent urban group at the centre of Chirk.
Nearby in the register
- Chirk SurgeryHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Bryn EglwysDomesticunder 1 mi
- Lychgate outside Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.