Grove Road, Wrexham

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Grove Road
Grove Road, Wrexham, NW side.jpg
Nos.3 and 5 on the road.
Native nameFfordd y Llwyni (Welsh)
Part of Rhosddu
Location Wrexham, Wales
Coordinates 53°03′05″N2°59′37″W / 53.0515°N 2.9935°W / 53.0515; -2.9935

Grove Road (Welsh : Ffordd y Llwyni) is a road in Wrexham, North Wales. It dates to the 18th century and contains listed buildings. It is within the Grosvenor Road Conservation Area.

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Description and history

Grove Road dates to the 18th century, along with the adjoining Grosvenor Road. They were laid out between 1861 and 1881 as part of a prestigious residential area catered to the growing middle class of Wrexham. At the time, Grove Road was known as Pant y Crydd ( Welsh for 'shoemaker's hollow') and Erw ( Welsh for 'Acre') row. By the 19th century, the area in which Grove Road is in became known as Grove Park. [1]

Grove Road is part of the Grosvenor Road Conservation Area. [1] [2]

Listed buildings

Romano

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Romano, No. 4.

Romano (No.4) is a Grade II listed building on the north-eastern end of Grove Road, as part of a late 19th century villa development. It is situated in an enclosed garden, and was built in 1865 as a manse to the Bryn y Ffynnon Methodist Church, with the building now being a private house. [3] Its exterior is of random rubble with a slate roof. It is shaped in an L-plan with a central entrance hall and two storeys. It is in a Gothic style. [3] It was built to the designs of J. R. Gummow. In the 1940s it served as a nurses home for the Wrexham and East Denbighshire War Memorial Hospital. In the 1970s a large part of the house's grounds were removed for a new link road between Rhosddu Road / Grosvenor Road to the Chester Road / Powell Road junction. The building was extended in its rear in 1993, and now serves as offices. [4]

Plas Gwilym

Plas Gwilym, No. 3. Plas Gwilym, Grove Road, Wrexham.jpg
Plas Gwilym, No. 3.

Plas Gwilym (No.3), originally known as Leeswood House, is a Grade II listed building situated on the south-western end of the road. It is the first surviving building dating to the 19th century on this side of Grove Road. It was built between 1861 and 1866, possibly in the designs of J. R. Gummow, and built for S. T. Baugh. It was first called Leeswood House, but became known as Plas Gwilym by 1910. The building became home to offices in 1851. [4] [5] [6]

Its exterior is of brick with stone dressings, and it has a slate roof. It has two storeys, and a central entrance. Its interior retails most of its surviving original plan and original decorative details. Such surviving details include a tiled entrance hall, fireplaces, and a detailed top-lit staircase. [5]

No. 9

Nythva engraved into the original stone gate pier of No. 9. Nythva, Grove Road, Wrexham.jpg
Nythva engraved into the original stone gate pier of No. 9.

No.9, originally called Ivy Grove, [4] is a 19th-century villa on the western side of Grove Road. It is a Grade II listed building, and the house dates to 1881. It is two-storeys and is set within its own enclosed gardens. The house's exterior is a roughcast render, over brick, and it has a slate roof. [7] It was renamed to Nythfa in 1898, and is still used as a house to this day. [4]

Fern Bank

Fern Bank (No.11), also spelled Fernbank and originally called Albert Villa, [4] is a house built in 1873, designed by J. R. Gummow. It was built for Ezekial Mason, and located between Epworth Lodge and No.9, set back from the road. Its exterior is brick, and it has a slate roof. Its architect Gummow, described it as an "Anglo-Italian cottage". It is two-storeys and arranged in an L-plan. At the rear of the house is an adjoining former coach house, that is two-storeys and has a hipped roof. [8] It adopted the name "Fernbank" (or "Fern Bank") in 1885, and is still used as a house today. [4] [9]

Epworth Lodge

Epworth Lodge was built in 1865 as a manse to the Bryn y Ffynnon Methodist Church [10] (or Brynyffynon Wesleyan Church) located on Regent Street, [4] although now serves as a private house [10] since 1967. [4] It is located towards the north-eastern end of Grove Road, situated in an enclosed garden. Its exterior is of random rubble with a slate roof. It is shaped in an L-plan with a central entrance hall and two storeys. It is in a Gothic style. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Grosvenor Road Conservation Area Assessment and Management Plan" (PDF). Wrexham County Borough Council. April 2009. p. 6.
  2. "Grosvenor Road (Wrexham) conservation area | Wrexham County Borough Council". www.wrexham.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 Cadw (31 January 1994). "Romano (Grade II) (1837)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Grove Road". buildingsofwrexham.co.uk. 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019.
  5. 1 2 Cadw (31 January 1994). "Plas Gwilym (Grade II) (1833)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. "3 Grove Road, Wrexham (419556)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  7. Cadw (31 January 1994). "NO.9 GROVE ROAD (NW SIDE),,,,,CLWYD, (Grade II) (1834)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  8. Cadw (31 January 1994). "Fern Bank and former Coach House (Grade II) (1835)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  9. "Fern Bank, 11 Grove Road (414071)". Coflein. RCAHMW . Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 Cadw (31 January 1994). "Epworth Lodge (Grade II) (1836)". National Historic Assets of Wales . Retrieved 19 February 2024.