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3–4 Church Street, Wrexham
Church Street () is a street in Wrexham city centre, North Wales. The street leads to St Giles' Church, and contains the Grade II listed and the Grade II* listed , as well as the church gates of St Giles'. These gates form the entrance to the church's grounds, as well as a junction with Temple Row. Listed buildings No. 3–4 and No. 4 is a Grade II listed building located on the corner of Church Street's junction with Temple Row. It is a largely mid-18th century structure but with a 17th-century core. It was rebuilt in 1757 to become two houses and shops, and was done by Samuel Edwards. At this time it would have also included 6 Temple Row. Its exterior is a render (stucco) over brickwork, with incorporated elements of a timber-framed structure. It is two storeys tall, has an attic, and a slate roof. The building retains its early 19th century shopfront with its doorway located to the left. A later 20th century shopfront is present towards No. 4. The building is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hall-house
The hall house is a type of vernacular house traditional in many parts of England, Wales, Ireland and lowland Scotland, as well as northern Europe, during the Middle Ages, centring on a hall. Usually timber-framed, some high status examples were built in stone. Unaltered hall houses are almost unknown. Where they have survived, they have almost always been significantly changed and extended by successive owners over the generations. Origins In Old English, a "hall" is simply a large room enclosed by a roof and walls, and in Anglo-Saxon England simple one-room buildings, with a single hearth in the middle of the floor for cooking and warmth, were the usual residence of a lord of the manor and his retainers. The whole community was used to eating and sleeping in the hall. This is the hall as Beowulf understood it. Over several centuries the hall developed into a building which provided more than one room, giving some privacy to its more important residents. A significant house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
