Wrexham Road Farm, Eccleston
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| Wrexham Road Farm | |
|---|---|
 Wrexham Road Farm in 1888 | |
| Location | Eccleston, Cheshire, England |
| Coordinates | 53°09′41″N 2°54′09″W / 53.1614°N 2.9026°W |
| 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 the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building,[1] and it is now located within Chester Business Park.
The farm was built between 1877 and 1884 as a model farm. It was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas for the 1st Duke of Westminster on his Eaton 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 a barn, shippons, stables, carthouses, piggeries and a dovecote.[2] The buildings are no longer used as a farm and have been converted into offices as part of the Chester Business Park.[3]
