Abbotsfield | |
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Former names | Abbotsfield Priory Hotel |
Alternative names | The Lemon Tree Restaurant |
General information | |
Type | Private residence (1863–20th century Council Area Education Office (20th century–1970s) Wartime nursery (20th century) Hotel (1982–present) Restaurant (2000–present) |
Architectural style | Neo-gothic |
Location | Rhosddu, Wrexham, Wales |
Address | 29 Rhosddu Road |
Coordinates | 53°03′03″N 2°59′45″W / 53.050735°N 2.995831°W |
Completed | 1863–1865 |
Renovated | 2010 2020–21 |
Owner | Sam and Emma Regan (2014) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | James Reynolds Gummow |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Abbotsfield Priory Hotel |
Designated | 31 January 1994 |
Reference no. | 1853 [1] |
Abbotsfield is a Grade II listed building in Rhosddu, Wrexham, North Wales.
It was formerly a private residence, and later a council office, until it was converted into the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel in the 1970s, later adding a restaurant and bar. The building is now The Lemon Tree restaurant, bar and hotel.
The building is located on the corner of Grosvenor Road and Rhosddu Road, [2] It is two storeys, [3] grade II listed, [4] and in the neo-gothic [5] style. The building is of coursed and squared tooled sandstone, with the roof being made of slate and has scalloped bands and ridge cresting. The building is arranged as a L-plan with its entrance located at the centre, at the angle of the building's wings. The building's entrance contains an asymmetric gabled porch with polished granite shafts to a deep-moulded arch engraved with the text "Trust in God" on a scroll. [3] [1]
To the doorway's left is an advanced wing. [3] [1] While the interior of the building has largely retained its original layout, with details such as the encaustic-tiled entrance hall, and quatrefoil rossette panelled staircase still surviving. [3] [1]
The building was designed in the 1860s by local architect James Reynolds Gummow [5] as a private residence for Edward Jones. [2] [3] [6] [7] The building was the first house built on the Rhosddu end of Grosvenor Road, [6] and was constructed and built from 1863 [3] to 1865. [5]
In 1895, it was the home of John Arthur Eyton-Jones, a local surgeon. It later became an Area Education Office for the Denbighshire and later Clwyd council. [2] [5] [6] [7]
During the World Wars, one wing of the building served as the Abbotsfield Priory War Nursery. [5]
The council later sold building in the 1970s to become a hotel in 1982 [5] as the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel, a family-run hotel with fourteen bedrooms by 1995. [8] When it became a hotel and a bar in the 1970s and 1980s, various older pieces of other older Wrexham buildings were moved into the building, such as a mahogany bar from the Raglan Arms on Lambpit Street, with the mahogany structure serving as the building's bar. [2] [7]
In 2000, the building was converted into Graffiti Italiano, [9] an Italian restaurant. It is now "The Lemon Tree" restaurant, bar and independently owned hotel, with twelve and later 18 bedrooms. [2] [5] [6] [7] The hotel building underwent a complete refurbishment in March 2010, with the name "The Lemon Tree" being added, and was further renovated in 2020–21. [7] In December 2014, the restaurant was taken over by locals Sam Regan and his wife Emma. [10] The restaurant served food they self-described as "modern British". [11]
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Abbotsfield | |
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Former names | Abbotsfield Priory Hotel |
Alternative names | The Lemon Tree Restaurant |
General information | |
Type | Private residence (1863–20th century Council Area Education Office (20th century–1970s) Wartime nursery (20th century) Hotel (1982–present) Restaurant (2000–present) |
Architectural style | Neo-gothic |
Location | Rhosddu, Wrexham, Wales |
Address | 29 Rhosddu Road |
Coordinates | 53°03′03″N 2°59′45″W / 53.050735°N 2.995831°W |
Completed | 1863–1865 |
Renovated | 2010 2020–21 |
Owner | Sam and Emma Regan (2014) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | James Reynolds Gummow |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Abbotsfield Priory Hotel |
Designated | 31 January 1994 |
Reference no. | 1853 [1] |
Abbotsfield is a Grade II listed building in Rhosddu, Wrexham, North Wales.
It was formerly a private residence, and later a council office, until it was converted into the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel in the 1970s, later adding a restaurant and bar. The building is now The Lemon Tree restaurant, bar and hotel.
The building is located on the corner of Grosvenor Road and Rhosddu Road, [2] It is two storeys, [3] grade II listed, [4] and in the neo-gothic [5] style. The building is of coursed and squared tooled sandstone, with the roof being made of slate and has scalloped bands and ridge cresting. The building is arranged as a L-plan with its entrance located at the centre, at the angle of the building's wings. The building's entrance contains an asymmetric gabled porch with polished granite shafts to a deep-moulded arch engraved with the text "Trust in God" on a scroll. [3] [1]
To the doorway's left is an advanced wing. [3] [1] While the interior of the building has largely retained its original layout, with details such as the encaustic-tiled entrance hall, and quatrefoil rossette panelled staircase still surviving. [3] [1]
The building was designed in the 1860s by local architect James Reynolds Gummow [5] as a private residence for Edward Jones. [2] [3] [6] [7] The building was the first house built on the Rhosddu end of Grosvenor Road, [6] and was constructed and built from 1863 [3] to 1865. [5]
In 1895, it was the home of John Arthur Eyton-Jones, a local surgeon. It later became an Area Education Office for the Denbighshire and later Clwyd council. [2] [5] [6] [7]
During the World Wars, one wing of the building served as the Abbotsfield Priory War Nursery. [5]
The council later sold building in the 1970s to become a hotel in 1982 [5] as the Abbotsfield Priory Hotel, a family-run hotel with fourteen bedrooms by 1995. [8] When it became a hotel and a bar in the 1970s and 1980s, various older pieces of other older Wrexham buildings were moved into the building, such as a mahogany bar from the Raglan Arms on Lambpit Street, with the mahogany structure serving as the building's bar. [2] [7]
In 2000, the building was converted into Graffiti Italiano, [9] an Italian restaurant. It is now "The Lemon Tree" restaurant, bar and independently owned hotel, with twelve and later 18 bedrooms. [2] [5] [6] [7] The hotel building underwent a complete refurbishment in March 2010, with the name "The Lemon Tree" being added, and was further renovated in 2020–21. [7] In December 2014, the restaurant was taken over by locals Sam Regan and his wife Emma. [10] The restaurant served food they self-described as "modern British". [11]
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