Oaklands (including attached forecourt walls and gatepiers) is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 February 1995. House. 1 related planning application.
Oaklands (including attached forecourt walls and gatepiers)
- WRENN ID
- ragged-jamb-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1995
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pair of houses, the fronts of which are distinctive for their mixture of buff brick, red brick and red terracotta; slate roof with red terracotta Ruabon cresting tiles. 3-storey, 2 windows, ground floor front rooms and porch in single storey range; porch has an elaborate carved timber pediment, entrance and doors altered. The elevation is articulated with pairs of red brick piers rising from first floor level supported by terracotta corbels in the shape of birds. On either side windows with arched heads and terracotta keystones. Shorter piers rise from below second floor sill band, this floor is of buff brick with red terracotta eaves cornice. There is a large terracotta plaque centrally placed at first floor level in the form of a shell with bands of rosettes beneath; at second floor level is a central recess containing a terracotta figure of an owl. Windows to No. 1 are 4-pane sashes, to No. 2 later replacements.
The forecourt has a red brick wall with terracotta copings and gate piers with terracotta ball finials.
No. 1 has Ruabon tiled floor in hall, original plan form, doors and stair. No. 2 not accessible at time of survey (October 1994) but has been converted to flats.
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