Drumore is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 December 1973. House.
Drumore
- WRENN ID
- inner-cellar-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 December 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Drumore, Whitehurst, Chirk
- OS grid reference
- SJ 286 399
- Coordinates
- 52.95222, -3.06278
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Drumore is a two-storey building constructed of rubble stonework and topped with a slate roof. It features three bays and a lobby entry plan, with a rear wing that is likely from the same period. The main entrance consists of a 17th-century boarded and studded central door, set within a staff-moulded frame and topped by a half-brick relieving arch. On both floors, there are three-light chamfered mullioned windows in the bays on either side of the entrance, and a two-light window above the door. All windows are fitted with diagonal lead glazing. A dairy with a lowered floor has been added as a lean-to at the back of the northern bay, and all three gable ends of the building are blind.
Inside, the front door opens towards the axial stack. The room to the left features two deeply chamfered cross beams with bold ogee stops and reattached 17th-century panelling on the end wall. The fireplace in this room has a deep fire lintel, although the soffit has been cut away, and the interior was remodeled in the 20th century, leaving an imprint for a fire crane. The corresponding room at the northern end, now used as a parlour, has plastered cross beams and a later fireplace in its original position. The kitchen located in the rear wing contains one cross ceiling beam and a dog-leg stair, enclosed by a timber-framed partition with wattle and daub infill on the upper level. A secondary stair was likely added in the early 19th century when the house was subdivided.
Local climate
Drumore receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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