| Wrexham Road Farm | |
|---|---|
 Wrexham Road Farm in 1888 | |
| Location | Eccleston,Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°09′41″N2°54′09″W / 53.1614°N 2.9026°W /53.1614; -2.9026 |
| OS grid reference | SJ 398 631 |
| Built | 1877–84 |
| Built for | 1st Duke of Westminster |
| Architect | John Douglas |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 28 August 1973 |
| Reference no. | 1138382 |
  Location in Cheshire | |
Wrexham Road Farm was a farmhouse and farm buildings lying to the east of Wrexham Road,Eccleston,Cheshire, England. It is recorded in theNational Heritage List for England as a designated Grade IIlisted building,[1] and it is now located withinChester Business Park.
The farm was built between 1877 and 1884 as amodel farm. It was designed by theChester architectJohn Douglas for the1st Duke of Westminster on hisEaton Hall estate.[2] The farmhouse is dated 1880. Douglas had carried out work on the Duke's other farms but this was his first complete farmstead, with the house and the buildings being designed together as a whole. The farm buildings include abarn, shippons, stables, carthouses, piggeries and adovecote.[2] The buildings are no longer used as a farm and have been converted into offices as part of the Chester Business Park.[3]
The farmhouse is built in brick with stone dressings and has two storeys plus attics. The entrance front faces south and has threebays. The central bay projects forwards and includes a doorway with a single-light window on each side. The other bays, on the ground floor, and all bays in the upper storey, have five-lightmullioned windows. All three bays are surmounted byDutch gables with ballfinials. The gables in the lateral bays each contain a small two-light window; the central bay has an oval window. The west face of the farmhouse also has two Dutch gables and stone mullioned windows. The other two faces are plain. A covered passage links the house to the farm buildings. Together with the farmhouse, the farm buildings form aquadrangle. The buildings are in one and two storeys, built in brick, and have steep roofs. The entrance arch has ahalf-timbered upper storey. In the northeast corner of the farmyard is a dovecote surmounted by a spire.[1][2] In 1888 Douglas submitted his design for this building and forSaighton Lane Farm at theRoyal Academy.[4] The authors of theBuildings of England express the opinion that this is "one of the most agreeable of all Douglas' model farms".[5]
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