Trevor Tower Cottage, Trevor, Wrexham

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9825 / 52°58'57"N

Longitude: -3.1095 / 3°6'34"W

OS Eastings: 325606

OS Northings: 343376

OS Grid: SJ256433

Mapcode National: GBR 71.J154

Mapcode Global: WH785.69JC

Plus Code: 9C4RXVMR+25

Entry Name: Trevor Tower Cottage

Listing Date: 11 June 1998

Last Amended: 11 June 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19964

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300019964

Location: Situated in Tower Wood 20 m west of Trevor Tower and about 0.5 km north of Garth. The house is located at lower ground level adjacent to a retaining wall.

County: Wrexham

Town: Llangollen

Community: Llangollen Rural (Llangollen Wledig)

Community: Llangollen Rural

Locality: Garth

Built-Up Area: Trevor

Traditional County: Denbighshire

Tagged with: Cottage

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History

Earlier C19 house, probably built in conjunction with Trevor Tower nearby in 1827. The house is shown on 1838 Tithe Map.

Exterior

Faced rubble sandstone walls with red clay tiled roof and three axial, ashlared stone chimneys. One-and-half storeys, four-window range with half-hipped gables, dormer gablets over 1st and 2nd windows and half-hipped gable over 3rd window. Windows generally segmental headed, except upper left-hand and upper central dormer windows. On ground floor windows are, from left to right: 6-pane sash, twin 4-pane sash with mullion, twin 4-pane sash with mullion and double 6-pane casement. Three windows on upper floor are all 12-pane sash. Plain timber boarded doors between 1st and 2nd windows and between 2nd and 3rd windows. Rear elevation has half-hipped gablet. An underground passage (now blocked) leading to Trevor Tower commences at foot of retaining wall adjacent to NE angle of house.

Interior

The interior was not available for inspection.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as an example of earlier C19 'picturesque' design and for its group value with Trevor Tower.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Trevor Tower
Situated on SE edge of Tower Wood on hillside overlooking Vale of Llangollen, about 0.5 km north of Garth.
II Ysgoldy Brynhyfryd and two integrated Houses
Situated alongside steeply sloping road at upper end of Garth and 75 m. below junction with Pen-y-gaer Road.
I Trevor Hall
Set in a wooded hillside location overlooking its own parkland and the eastern end of the vale of Llangollen.
II U-Plan Farm Group at Trevor Hall Farm
Situated immediately downhill to east of Trevor Hall and beside main driveway; set into slope with open farmyard facing east. About 1km west of Trevor.
II Summer-house & Walled Garden with Ha-ha and Gate Piers at Trevor Hall
Situated immediately south of main front of Trevor Hall and overlooking Vale of Llangollen.
II Trevor Church
Stuated in the former grounds of, and 200 m SE of Trevor Hall. About 1km west of Trevor.
II Outbuildings at Plas Ifa
Situated in farmyard of Plas Ifa on hillside above A539.
II Plas Ifa
Situated on hillside above A539, overlooking the Vale of Llangollen.

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Trevor Tower Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Trevor, Wrexham