Whitehurst Garden Gatepiers with Gates and perimeter Garden Wall is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 December 1973. Gate piers and wall.

Whitehurst Garden Gatepiers with Gates and perimeter Garden Wall

WRENN ID
high-stair-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 December 1973
Type
Gate piers and wall
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Whitehurst Garden Gatepiers with Gates and perimeter Garden Wall is a notable structure dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. The main entrance is located on Holyhead Road, featuring tall sandstone ashlar gate piers that stand approximately 3.5 meters high and are square in shape. Each pier is adorned with fielded panels, topped with a necking moulding and cornice. Curved pedestals on each pier once supported urn finials decorated with fruit and vegetables, although these are now broken and held at Whitehurst House.

The iron gates are designed with spear-headed rails and spiked dog rails, and are hung at the base. To the north of the gates, a substantial stone wall with an internal buttress rises towards Whitehurst House. To the south, the stone wall descends, capped with two-stage cut stone weathered copings for about 14 meters, after which it becomes lower and is topped with a simple slab coping. This wall curves around into the valley of the Afon Bradley and continues northeast behind 1931 colliery housing, transitioning to brick about halfway up the steep slope, possibly indicating the start of an 18th-century extension.

The northern end of the gardens is defined by a high straight stone wall that is faced with brick on the inside. This wall contains a stone ashlar gateway featuring a curved lintel and a keystone inscribed with "R.M 1785" (referring to Richard Myddleton), and it has a replacement studded oak door.

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