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Wern Farm

A Grade II Listed Building in Minera, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0453 / 53°2'43"N

Longitude: -3.0771 / 3°4'37"W

OS Eastings: 327889

OS Northings: 350325

OS Grid: SJ278503

Mapcode National: GBR 72.D322

Mapcode Global: WH77S.PQX8

Plus Code: 9C5R2WWF+45

Entry Name: Wern Farm

Listing Date: 22 April 1998

Last Amended: 22 April 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19728

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300019728

Location: Situated on the E side of the B5426, some 700m S of the entrance to Minera Lead Mines and Country Park.

County: Wrexham

Town: Wrexham

Community: Minera (Mwynglawdd)

Community: Minera

Locality: The Wern

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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History

Mid to later C19 farmhouse, not marked on the 1845 Tithe Map.

Exterior

Farmhouse, whitewashed rubble stone with slate close-eaved roof and rendered brick end stacks, the right stack on stone external chimneybreast. Two-storey, 3-window front with small-paned hornless sashes, those to first floor square 12-pane those below 16-pane. Stone lintels and sills, all ground floor lintels are large single tooled slabs. C20 door and overlight. Right end wall has casement pair to right of stack and door further right, in end wall of rear outshut. Left end has one ground floor small-paned window. Adjoining to left is SW rear wing probably added but in matching style, with rendered end stack. Two-window range of 12-pane hornless sashes. Rear of wing has single-storey lean-to with corrugated iron roof.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a well-preserved example of mid to later C19 farmhouse of the region, where the late Georgian style persisted relatively late.

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Other nearby listed buildings

  • II Church of St Andrew
    Situated some 100m S from Wern Farm on the B5426 from Minera S to Aber-oer.
  • II Lime Kiln
    Situated some 50m N of Penymynydd, on a minor road W off the B5426 opposite Wern Farm.
  • II Wern Cottages
    Situated just E of the B5426 some 200m S of the entrance to the Minera Lead Mines and Country Park.
  • II Jones Cottages
    Situated in New Brighton towards the SE end of the highest level of buildings on the hillside overlooking Minera.
  • II Gwylfa
    Situated in New Brighton towards the centre of the highest level of houses on the hillside overlooking Minera.
  • II Meadow (or City) Engine House
    Situated in the Minera Lead Mines and Country Park some 1km S of the centre of Minera.
  • II Chimney near Meadow Engine House
    Situated just NW of the Meadow Engine House in the Minera Lead Mines and Country Park some 1km S of the centre of Minera.
  • II Offa View
    Situated in New Brighton towards the NW end of the highest level of buildings on the hillside overlooking Minera.

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