Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Stable and shippon at Sandy Lane Farm
Maelor South, Wrexham, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Sandy Lane, Maelor South, Wrexham, designated on 18 November 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 18 November 2005
- Locality
- Sandy Lane
- Community
- Maelor South
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.95595, -2.88996
- Cadw reference
- 86971
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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 N side of the farmhouse, across a pitched stone farmyard.
History
A late C19 Gredington estate farm building shown on the 1900 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A lofted stable and shippon of brick with blue-brick segmental-headed openings, and slate roof. It has large replacement double doors, in an original opening, to the R, then a split door and window to the L. The loft has 3 openings, the R-hand open, the central retaining some original glazing bars and the L-hand with boarded shutter under a wooden lintel. A lean-to against the L gable end has a split door. Set slightly back to the R is the lower shippon. It has a split boarded door flanked by steel-framed hopper windows under lintels. Its gable end has a boarded door for the feeding passage to the R. The rear has 2 windows similar to the front and the stable has a single window on the L side.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved C19 farm building and as part of a strong farm group.
Nearby in the register
- Sandy Lane FarmhouseNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Shippon (former barn) at Sandy Lane FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Old Hall FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Madras Voluntary Aided SchoolNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.