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Latitude: 53.1158 / 53°6'56"N
Longitude: -2.957 / 2°57'25"W
OS Eastings: 336044
OS Northings: 358053
OS Grid: SJ360580
Mapcode National: GBR 77.7N7C
Mapcode Global: WH88L.KY47
Plus Code: 9C5V428V+86
Entry Name: Ball's Hall
Listing Date: 7 June 1963
Last Amended: 18 October 1996
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1574
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300001574
Location: Set amidst open farmland 1 km north-east of Burton Road. Reached by a private track which leaves Burton Road at its junction with Rosemary Lane and Burton Hall Road to traverse an open field.
County: Wrexham
Community: Rossett (Yr Orsedd)
Community: Rossett
Locality: Burton
Traditional County: Denbighshire
Tagged with: House
Built as the home of Captain Thomas Ball who married into the Santhey family, the major estate owners of Burton who resided at Burton Hall. Thomas Ball settled in Burton as early as 1648 and Ball's Hall is believed to have been completed in 1650 from an inscription above the fireplace. It came with an estate of 49ha in Burton and 31ha in Llay known as "Ball's Wood". In 1651 Thomas Ball was made High Sheriff of Denbighshire.
Two-storey, brown brick house of C17 origins and C19 remodellings; C19 open lean-to to eastern end. Large stepped brick chimney stack to eastern end. Small-pane 3-light wooden casement windows to 4-window main front; later squared bay to right. Dentilated brick cornice. Later gabled to left.
Timber framed passage way runs the length of the house. End gables to first floor reveal heavy crucks. Wide floor boards and boarded doors with strap hinges. Principal feature is inscription above original fireplace which reads "TB 1650 MB".
Listed as a good example of a mid C17 yeomans house with historical associations.
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