New Sontley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 December 1996. Farmhouse.

New Sontley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
forgotten-lime-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 December 1996
Type
Farmhouse
Address
New Sontley Farmhouse, Erddig, Marchwiel
OS grid reference
SJ 334 482
Coordinates
53.02768, -2.99417
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

New Sontley Farmhouse is a 2-storey building constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, topped with a hipped slate roof and featuring later 19th-century red Ruabon brick stacks. The farmhouse has a moulded stone plinth, cornice, and a low parapet. It is 7 bays wide, with the central 3 bays projecting forward and finished with a pediment. There is a central circular feature, possibly a clock, adorned with sandstone dressings. The central section has sandstone quoins, flanked by wings.

The ground floor windows have been altered and now feature cambered brick arch heads, with former flat brick arch heads still visible. The central door is covered by a later 19th-century wooden decorative porch that incorporates an ogee design. The first-floor windows appear to be in their original openings, all are 19th-century casements with earlier stone cills. To the left, there is a lower 2-storey extension, likely dating from a 19th-century conversion, which may have originally served as the servants' quarters.

The rear elevation shows various phases of rebuilding and includes 2 blocked archways with stone dressings and keystones. The west elevation has been completely refaced in red Ruabon brick. Inside, the farmhouse is said to contain a staircase and cornices from the 19th-century remodelling, and the servants' wing has a staircase that services the main house.

Local climate

New Sontley Farmhouse receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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