Former Crossing Keeper's Cottage at Croesnewydd North Fork, Offa, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0462 / 53°2'46"N

Longitude: -3.0037 / 3°0'13"W

OS Eastings: 332810

OS Northings: 350355

OS Grid: SJ328503

Mapcode National: GBR 75.D2VZ

Mapcode Global: WH88Y.TPVK

Plus Code: 9C5R2XWW+FG

Entry Name: Former Crossing Keeper's Cottage at Croesnewydd North Fork

Listing Date: 31 January 1994

Last Amended: 31 January 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1820

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001820

Location: Immediately adjacent to the level crossing on the W side of the railway line.

County: Wrexham

Community: Offa

Built-Up Area: Wrexham

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Crossing kepper's cottage. Probably c1846 as part of the original Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company.

Exterior

Roughly coursed and squared stone with fishscale slate roof. 2 storeyed, with N, E. and W. facing gables, each with ornate fretted bargeboards, and lower gabled wing to S. Entrance in north facing gable, the door recessed in segmentally arched architrave with side lights in stressed painted stone architraves. Similar architraves to renewed 2-light casement window above and in the return of the W gable to the right. Secondary doorway in W gable, with renewed casement window above. E. gable facing the railway tracks has canted bay window to ground floor, and similar casement window above. Central axial stack.

Reasons for Listing

A good example of a now-scarce building type, and of the architecture associated with the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company.

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Former Crossing Keeper's Cottage at Croesnewydd North Fork

A Grade II Listed Building in Offa, Wrexham