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Cottage at The Kennels

A Grade II Listed Building in Chirk, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9449 / 52°56'41"N

Longitude: -3.0964 / 3°5'47"W

OS Eastings: 326421

OS Northings: 339175

OS Grid: SJ264391

Mapcode National: GBR 71.LJBK

Mapcode Global: WH78C.D7RQ

Plus Code: 9C4RWWV3+XC

Entry Name: Cottage at The Kennels

Listing Date: 29 July 1998

Last Amended: 29 July 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20264

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020264

Location: The group of buildings known as The Kennels stand on the NE side of the road bounding the NE side of Chirk Castle park.

County: Wrexham

Town: Wrexham

Community: Chirk (Y Waun)

Community: Chirk

Locality: Ty'n-y-groes

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

The building was built, or extensively rebuilt, in the mid C19 by the Chirk Estate.

Exterior

Built of stone, with a tiled roof. One storey and attic, 4 bays, with an external stack at the W end, having a pent roof to the front. Door opposite the main axial stack, battened, set within a timber framed gabled and tiled porch. Two-light timber casement windows with stone lintels. The similar upper floor windows are set in raised dormers with pitched roofs. The large stone gable stack has the upper stage in brick.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a good example of a C19 estate cottage built by the Chirk Estate, retaining a character of that period. Of group value with the Kennels.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II The Kennels
    The Kennels stand back from the Kennels Cottage, off the road bounding the Chirk Castle Estate on the NE side.
  • II Wern Tower
    The farm is located on the N side of a lane which leads from Chirk Castle to Pontfadog, high above and to the N of the Ceiriog Valley.
  • II Farm Ranges at Wern Tower
    The ranges form 3 sides of the farmyard, which is open to the E side. The E end of the N range joins the rear elevation of the farmhouse, whilst the S range fronts the road.
  • II Nos 1 and 2 Home Farm Cottages
    Home Farm Cottages are a pair of estate cottages, lying ENE of Home Farm and facing E over the former pool.
  • II Johnston's Cottage and Farm Buildings of Home Farm
    Home farm stands in Chirk Castle park, approximately 170m NW of the castle, from which it is largely hidden by the configuration of the ground.
  • II Squash Court at Chirk Castle
    Situated 200m to the south of Chirk Castle Home Farm
  • II New Hall
    The building stands in a moated site, E of New Hall Gate. It is reached by a farm lane off the road from New Hall Gate to Whitehurst.
  • II New Hall Gate to Chirk Park: the N Lodge
    One of a pair of lodges that flank the present service access to Chirk Castle park, opposite New Hall Road.

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