The Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 July 1998. Kennels.

The Kennels

WRENN ID
quiet-rampart-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 July 1998
Type
Kennels
Address
The Kennels, Ty'N-Y-Groes, Chirk
OS grid reference
SJ 264 391
Coordinates
52.94507, -3.09609
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Kennels is an L-plan building, partly constructed of stone, with an upper section featuring timber framing that is infilled with colourwashed brick. It has slated roofs. The gable facing the cottage includes a later wide opening and window, as well as a three-ledge dovecote in the stone gable end, which contains approximately 18 nestboxes. The timber framing at the rear and on the eastern arm of the L-plan is square panelled, with decorative cross bracing in the eastern gable end. It features a tie, queen strut, and collar truss. Attached to the eastern side are the kennels, built in the 19th century from brick, with corrugated roofs and four openings at the front that lead into wire pens for the dogs.

Local climate

The Kennels 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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