Orphanage is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 June 1963. Institution.

Orphanage

WRENN ID
standing-cornice-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 June 1963
Type
Institution
Address
Orphanage, Berse Drelincourt, Broughton
OS grid reference
SJ 316 508
Coordinates
53.05068, -3.02144
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building is an orphanage that has a Grade II listing. It features roughcast render over the original brickwork and has a slate roof. The structure is single-storeyed and consists of two parallel gabled ranges with coped gables. The northern elevation has a central gable that is advanced and contains a renewed doorway. The southern elevation features a wide pedimented central gable. The windows throughout the building have been renewed but may be in the original cambered-headed openings.

Local climate

Orphanage receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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