Eglwys Cross Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1962. Cottage.

Eglwys Cross Cottage

WRENN ID
stony-loggia-alder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wrexham
Constituency
Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 November 1962
Type
Cottage
Address
Eglwys Cross Cottage, Bronington
OS grid reference
SJ 471 408
Coordinates
52.96282, -2.78797
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Eglwys Cross Cottage is a 2-storey house built with a timber frame and covered by a slate roof, featuring a brick stack on the left side. The windows throughout the building are either insertions or replacements in earlier openings. On the west side, there is a 2-light window to the left and a pair of windows to the right of the center. The upper storey has low 3-light and 2-light windows situated beneath the eaves. The left gable end has mostly renewed framing, with the exception of a tie beam. The rear of the cottage includes two 2-light windows and a 2-light raked dormer on the left side. The back of the brick extension has a boarded-up doorway, and its gable end features casement windows on each storey.

The entrance is located in a lower 2-storey, 2-window extension that is set back to the right on the west elevation. This extension is constructed of hand-moulded bricks and also has a slate roof with a brick end stack. The entrance, positioned at the left end next to the older part of the house, has a replacement boarded door, while the windows are 2-light casements in earlier openings, larger and topped with segmental heads in the lower storey.

The older section of the house has a 2-unit plan with a central timber-framed partition that includes a tie beam with raking struts. The purlins are supported by diagonal braces. Inside the lower room, there is a chamfered cross beam, and part of the original gable end is still visible. The upper room features a large fireplace with a chamfered lintel, which is likely a reconstruction.

Local climate

Eglwys Cross Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% 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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