Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fron-uchaf Farmhouse
Chirk, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Fron isaf, Wrexham, Chirk, designated on 29 July 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 29 July 1998
- Locality
- Fron isaf
- Town
- Wrexham
- Community
- Chirk
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95645, -3.08517
- Cadw reference
- 20261
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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)
- 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
The farm stands N of the hamlet of Fron-isaf, on the W side of the road running NW to Pen-y-graig and Froncysyllte.
History
Built probably in the the period 1800 - 1840, probably replacing an earlier timber framed house associated with the extant barn.
Exterior
Farmhouse built of rubble stonework, with a tiled roof, the roof extended over the shoulder of the N external gable stack. Two storeys, 3 wide bays. Central entrance, a 6-panelled door with 4-pane overlight, and an added timber framed open porch. Sixteen-paned sashes to the ground floor, 4 x 4 half-sashes to the first floor, all windows with stone sills and segmental headed openings. To the rear, a long 2-bay 2-storey rear wing with a central stack and a wide single stone extension at right angles on its N side.
Reason for designation
Included as a fine example of an early C19 farmhouse, part of a group with its adjoining barn range.
Nearby in the register
- Farm Building at Fron-uchaf Farm, with front garden wallAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Rob's Cottage, Greenfield and ArosfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- War MemorialReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Former Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel and GraveyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.