History

Built for the Provincial Welsh Insurance Co. in 1861 (the company was founded in Wrexham in 1850) and still used as offices. Designed by R. K. Penson, architect.

Exterior

White ashlar faced, brick style to rear. 3 storeys, 5 window range, palazzo style.
Rusticated lower storey, with round-arched doorways to either side, and 3 shallow stilted arched central openings, the central one a doorway, the others windows. Wood mullioned and transomed windows to first floor have balustraded aprons and alternately segmental and triangular pedimented heads. Lower upper windows (4-pane sashes) have wrought iron balconettes and shouldered architraves. Rosette frieze and modillion cornice below balustraded parapet with central pedimented panel incorporating original name and logo.

Reasons for Listing

A fine example of late C19 commercial architecture, forming part of an important group of commercial buildings.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29482027

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair