Plas Clough

Clough, the son of a Denbigh glover whose career was launched thanks to being a notable boy chorister of Chester Cathedral, grew rich as Sir Thomas Gresham's agent and representative in Antwerp, in the Netherlands, between 1552 and 1567.

About 1569, he also began Bachegraig, a few miles away, intended to become the centre of his business, while Plas Clough was to be a traditional rich man's country seat.

Framing the main entrance, the central bay has a large projecting porch, with a room above, also with a stepped gable, which now has plain bargeboards.

Above an open lower stage, a jettied upper storey stands on Tuscan columns, which are of sandstone.

A recessed plaque bears the painted arms of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, of which Clough was a member.