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Latitude: 52.986 / 52°59'9"N
Longitude: -2.7527 / 2°45'9"W
OS Eastings: 349567
OS Northings: 343447
OS Grid: SJ495434
Mapcode National: GBR 7H.HXJ9
Mapcode Global: WH89G.P6DQ
Plus Code: 9C4VX6PW+9W
Entry Name: Higher Wych
Listing Date: 16 November 1962
Last Amended: 20 October 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1673
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300001673
Location: Set back on the S side of a minor road to the W of the road junction in Higher Wych.
County: Wrexham
Community: Bronington
Community: Bronington
Locality: Higher Wych
Traditional County: Flintshire
Tagged with: House
A late C16 or early C17 house. It was later partially rebuilt in brick in the front elevation of the lower storey.
A timber-framed house with tile roof and brick stacks. The front is rendered brick in the lower storey, has a central door with vertical ribs and studs, flanked by 3-light casement windows replaced in earlier openings. The upper storey is timber-framed in square panels with ornate ogee braces. It has original window openings to the R and L with moulded wooden sills, and replacement 3-light casements. Set back to the R are 2 progressively lower 1-storey extensions, with rendered walls, tile roof to the first and slate roof to the 2nd extension.
The 3-window rear of the main house is box-framed with 2-light casement windows in earlier openings. In the lower storey a lean-to occupies the centre and R side.
Not inspected but recorded as having ovolo-moulded beams and stopped bevelled joists. Staircase has unusual balustrade at 1st and 2nd floors. 1st floor - Bevelled beams and stopped bevelled joists. Attic has original trusses and purlins.
Listed as a late C16-C17 house which, notwithstanding loss of detail, retains exceptional high-quality timber framing.
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