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The Brow, Overton

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NPRN405673
Map ReferenceSJ34SE
Grid ReferenceSJ3700141931
Unitary (Local) AuthorityWrexham
Old CountyFlintshire
CommunityOverton
Type Of SiteCOUNTRY HOUSE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
On the western edge of the village, set back from the road in tree-lined grounds immediately above the steep slope of the Dee Valley. It was built c1820 (a property with this name is referred to in an indenture dated 1826), and remodelled in 1850 by Edward Haycock, architect, of Shrewsbury. Further minor alterations were carried out in 1897.

The external elevations are rendered over brick, with shallow pitched, hipped, slate roofs with a marked overhang. The house is two storeys, with a central entrance. Almost square in plan, it has a mid-19th century extension built onto the east gable return, and a lower service wing to the rear. The main entrance is in an ashlar stone, Tuscan portico porch which forms part of a roofed, single storey extension, with side lights to the porch, and a wider mullioned and transomed window to a right hand room. Possibly this represents the encasing of an earlier porch during remodelling work. To the left of the porch is another mullioned and transomed window, while the 3 upper windows are casements. All these windows have stressed moulded architraves, drop ended hood moulds, and small panes. The wide gable of the extension advanced from the east return has a central stack, flanked on each floor by deep 6-pane sashes.

A compact and well-designed small country house, which forms part of an important series of early 19th century houses in Overton, built to exploit a picturesque, riverside location.
(Source; Cadw listing database) S Fielding RCAHMW 17/01/2007