White Friars Cottage (East Part)

This is a cottage, originally known as No.1 Bolland's Court, that is now part of an office building. The cellars likely date back to the medieval period, although they were probably relined in the 18th and 19th centuries. The above-ground structure was largely rebuilt in 1884 in a style reminiscent of T.M. Lockwood for Frederick Bullin, and further altered and extended in 1972 by Coppack and Partners. The building is constructed from sandstone, Ruabon brick and timber framing with plaster panels, and has a red-brown clay tile roof with gables to White Friars.

The east front, facing Bollands Court, features a former doorway with a stone surround including a Tudor-arched lintel inscribed “WHITE.FRIARS.COTTAGE” on an incised scroll beneath an ornate hood-mould. This doorway has been converted into a window with a recessed brick panel below. The south bay has a cross-casement window, and the north bay has a 4-light mullioned window. The upper windows project from the wall on shaped brackets. The upper storey is slightly jettied, with ornamented panels and mullioned casement windows. A central gabled dormer window is set back on the roof slope, featuring curved struts, moulded bargeboards on consoles, exposed rafter ends, and fluted pilasters. A plaque on the 1972 north extension records archaeological finds made in 1874. The face to White Friars is largely symmetrical, featuring mullioned and transomed casement windows. A jettied gable includes herringbone struts and a drop finial. The mullions and transoms are ovolo, with reeded fronts on the lower ones.

The cellars, predominantly relined in 1884, retain brick walls and some possible medieval squared sandstone rubble masonry in the north wall. The first and second storeys are mainly relined, but retain 6-panel doors from 1884, with reeded margins to the stiles, rails and muntins. Originally, the cottage faced Bolland’s Court, but it was joined with the west part of No.12 White Friars in 1972 when it was converted into an office.