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The Homestead

A Grade II Listed Building in Overton, Wrexham

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9511 / 52°57'3"N

Longitude: -2.945 / 2°56'41"W

OS Eastings: 336605

OS Northings: 339717

OS Grid: SJ366397

Mapcode National: GBR 77.L552

Mapcode Global: WH89K.Q2TZ

Plus Code: 9C4VX324+C2

Entry Name: The Homestead

Listing Date: 15 March 1994

Last Amended: 15 March 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14480

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300014480

Location: In a narrow plot of land alongside a lane W of the main settlement of Knolton Bryn.

County: Wrexham

Community: Overton (Owrtyn)

Community: Overton

Locality: Knolton Bryn

Traditional County: Flintshire

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History

Small-holders cottage. Early C19.

Exterior

Brick with slate roof, the building comprises small 2-unit, 2-storeyed cottage with small byre under the same roof. Cottage has doorway to right of centre, with flanking windows renewed in original openings, with single ring cambered brick heads. Upper windows also renewed in original openings, under the eaves. End wall stacks. Byre forms a single build with small window alongside, and loft entry above, all with single ring cambered brick heads. Diamond pattern vent to loft in front elevation.

Reasons for Listing

A good surviving example of a small-holders cottage, of a type once common in Overton, but not rarely surviving in an original condition.

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