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Dymock Arms

A Grade II Listed Building in Penley, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9515 / 52°57'5"N

Longitude: -2.8648 / 2°51'53"W

OS Eastings: 341994

OS Northings: 339693

OS Grid: SJ419396

Mapcode National: GBR 7C.L0M5

Mapcode Global: WH89L.Y2ZN

Plus Code: 9C4VX42P+H3

Entry Name: Dymock Arms

Listing Date: 16 November 1962

Last Amended: 18 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1693

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Dymock Arms, Wrexham

ID on this website: 300001693

Location: Set back from the main road at the SE end of the village, opposite the junction with Grange Lane.

County: Wrexham

Community: Maelor South (De Maelor)

Community: Maelor South

Locality: Penley

Built-Up Area: Penley

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

Said originally to have been 2 cottages. Alternatively it might have been a single lobby-entry house, and it is shown on the 1837 Tithe map as a single dwelling. It subsequently became a public house and was known as the Dymock Arms by 1873. Originally timber-framed, its front was rebuilt in brick in the C19. The L-hand end was extended slightly c1870, although without adding any openings to the front, and the R-hand end was extended in 1920.

Exterior

A 2-storey brick range painted white, with slate roof and brick ridge stack in line with the porch. The original building is on the L side and the higher 1920 extension on the R side. In the original building, the 2-storey porch is L of centre. It has a segmental-headed doorway and inside it is an boarded door. To its L is a small added lean-to and 3-light wood-framed casement window in each storey, segmental-headed in the lower storey. On the R side of the porch are 2 similar 2-light windows in each storey. At the L end is the extension of c1870, which has 'Dymock Arms' in modern lettering. To the R, the 2-storey addition of 1920 has a projecting bay and is half-timbered in the upper storey. The projection has a boarded door in the lower storey, and 2 cross windows in the upper storey. Further R is a 4-light lower-storey window and 2-light window in a segmental half dormer. The R gable end has an oriel window.

The L gable end is asymmetrical and has a replacement upper-storey window in the extension of c1870. Behind the original building and c1870 extension is a C20 outshut. Behind the 1920 section are larger C20 extensions.

Interior

The building probably originally had a lobby entrance, with 3-unit plan. Box-framing is visible in the rear wall, and partly in the former R-hand gable end and R-hand end of the front. There are 2 timber-framed partitions. Three trusses remain visible, 2 of which are altered but retain tie and collar beams. The truss at the L-hand end, with queen posts, was probably the original gable end.

Reasons for Listing

Listed, notwithstanding alterations and additions, as a public house with sub-medieval domestic origin, retaining elements of its original construction visible in the interior.

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