Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Arowry House
Hanmer, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Arowry, Hanmer, Wrexham, designated on 15 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 15 November 2005
- Locality
- Arowry
- Community
- Hanmer
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.94679, -2.80811
- Cadw reference
- 86929
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1861 · 73. Market Drayton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 122 Nantwich (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the E side of a minor road at its junction with Striga Lane, approximately 0.7km SE of Hanmer church.
History
An early C19 Hanmer estate house shown on the 1839 Tithe map.
Exterior
A small 2-storey 2-window house of brick with slate roof and end brick stacks. The entrance is offset to the L of centre, and has a panel door under a plastered round head. Wood-framed cross-windows are under segmental heads in the lower storey, and beneath the eaves in the upper storey. The rear has replacement windows in earlier openings, with outshut to the L and 1-storey lean-to on the R.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a well-preserved early C19 house retaining definite C19 character.
Nearby in the register
- Top House FarmhouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Magpie CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Chadwell and Hanmer Village StoresNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Gates and gate piers at S entrance to Hanmer churchyardNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.