Iscoyd Park is a three-storey redbrick country house in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It has a slate roof built in the early 18th century. It was sold in 1737 to William Hanmer. The house and estate was then purchased by Philip Lake Godsal in 1843 and remains in the Godsal family to this day. Iscoyd was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1962 as a well-preserved country house. It supported by a range of 18th- and 19th-century service buildings including a park and gardens, outbuildings, coach house, corn house, kennels, laundry, piggery and stables.[1][2][3] The dovecote has a pyramidal slate roof.[3] The house is now run by Philip Langley Godsal and his wife Susie, who took over the house from his father Philip Caulfeild Godsal (High Sheriff of Clwyd 1993)[4] in 2009 and began a complete refurbishment. This was funded by operating as a wedding and events business but also remains the Godsal family home. Iscoyd Park has won various awards for the restoration of the house and outbuildings, including the Historic Houses Association and Sotheby's Restoration Award, the Hudson's Heritage Award for Best Wedding Venue, Hudson's Heritage Award for Best Accommodation, Wales Gold Award for Best Services Accommodation, Bridebook's Best National Wedding venue.[5]
| Iscoyd Park | |
|---|---|
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| Type | mansion |
| Location | Whitewell, Wrexham, Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°58′22″N 2°44′21″W / 52.9729°N 2.7392°W |
| OS grid reference | SJ 5045 4198 |
| Built | early 18th century |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Iscoyd Park |
| Designated | 16 November 1962 |
| Reference no. | 1670 |
| Community | Bronington |
  Location of Iscoyd Park in Wrexham | |
The parks and gardens are listed as Grade II in the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[6]
References
edit- ^ Iscoyd Park, House (ID PRN102842). in the 'SMR' for Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT). Retrieved 30 September 2021
- ^ "Iscoyd Park". Statutory List of Buildings. Cadw. 20 October 2005 [Listed 1962]. Cadw Building ID 5968. Retrieved 2 May 2016 – via Historic Wales.
- ^ a b "Iscoyd Park House, Bronington (35941)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 750
- ^ Park, Iscoyd. "awards Archives - Iscoyd Park is a romantic and beautiful Georgian country house wedding venue". Iscoyd Park is a romantic and beautiful Georgian country house wedding venue. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ Cadw. "Details from online database (PGW(C)16(WRE))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
Further reading
edit- Collins, Martin; Collins, Fran (2017). U.S. Army Hospital Center 804: An Account of the U.S. Military Hospitals in the Shropshire/Flintshire Area during World War. Brewin Books. ISBN 978-1-85858-565-9.