5 Hand Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

5 Hand Terrace

WRENN ID
sombre-cinder-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Cottage
Address
5 Hand Terrace, Chirk, LL14 5EU
OS grid reference
SJ 290 378
Coordinates
52.93323, -3.05669
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

5 Hand Terrace is a row of seven estate workers' cottages built in the 19th century. The cottages are constructed of brick, covered with a rough plaster, and have slate roofs. Each cottage is one storey high with an attic, and features a single bay. The terrace is arranged with three forward wings extending from the main block, housing cottages 1, 4, and 7. Cottages 2 and 3 are situated between the central section and the south wing, while cottages 5 and 6 are located at the north end.

A continuous open-slated verandah shelters the entrances, which are recessed and set within moulded frames. The entrances feature Gothic pointed arched boarded doors. Two-light paned windows, also with pointed heads, are present on the fronts of the cottages. The wings have canted windows with timber glazing. A single gabled dormer window extends from the roof on the first floor. The canted bays are characterised by cogged brick eaves. In the northern section, the positions of the doors and windows have been reversed compared to the southern section.

At the rear of the cottages, various later extensions have been added, and the windows have been altered. A late 19th-century recessed, part-glazed door has replaced the original entrance door at the corner of the central wing.

Local climate

5 Hand Terrace receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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