The Cross Foxes Public House, Offa, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0453 / 53°2'43"N

Longitude: -2.9946 / 2°59'40"W

OS Eastings: 333414

OS Northings: 350249

OS Grid: SJ334502

Mapcode National: GBR 75.D534

Mapcode Global: WH88Y.ZQ47

Plus Code: 9C5V22W4+44

Entry Name: The Cross Foxes Public House

Listing Date: 31 January 1994

Last Amended: 31 January 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1760

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: The Cross Foxes, Wrexham
Cross Foxes

ID on this website: 300001760

Location: On the upper side of Abbot Street, near its junction with Vicarage Hill.

County: Wrexham

Community: Offa

Built-Up Area: Wrexham

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

Probably purpose-built as a public house in the late C18 or early C19, replacing an earlier inn (an inn on this site is known to have been in existance by 1775). It became the first tied house for the Wrexham Larger Brewery in 1922.

Exterior

Painted brick with slate roof. 3 storeys, 3-window range, a deep double-pile plan. Central entrance, and arched entry to courtyard to right. Panelled door with overlight in pedimented case, flanked by windows (renewed in original openings) with flat arched painted stone heads. Segmentally arched courtyard entry to right. Upper window openings are similar, with flush-framed 16-pane sashes (8-panes to attic storey). Plain eaves band. Axial and end wall stacks.

Interior

The C19 internal layout of the building survives, with the bar forming a glazed lobby immediately inside the central entrance.

Reasons for Listing

A good example of a town public house of C1800 which survives almost intact.

Group value with the Old Swan Public House.

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The Cross Foxes Public House

A Grade II Listed Building in Offa, Wrexham