Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
17894
Building Number
 
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
30/04/1996  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
Llanon Cottage  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Llansantffraed  
Town
 
Locality
Llanon  
Easting
251473  
Northing
266845  
Street Side
E  
Location
Situated some 50m off the E side of Bridge Street, Llanon, on the E side of Heol Non.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early C19 cottage last used as a dwelling in the 1950's and subsequently used as a carpenter's workshop by Mr J.D. Davies. Now owned by Ceredigion Museum.  

Exterior
Whitewashed rubble stone with thatched roof covered by corrugated tin sheeting. Stone end stacks. Single storey with window to L and central doorway. Front window to L is 12-pane casement. Rear has 4-pane and 12-pane casements. R end wall has small loft window.  

Interior
Ledged door to central cobbled passage of wood panels. Three panel door to room on either side, croglofft to R. Small later window to croglofft in R end. Kitchen to L has full width beam supporting an internal wood and plaster chimney hood. Three bay roof of reused timbers and unsawn branches supported on oak half crucks built into the walls. A continuous rope under-thatch forms a base for the thatch which is not visible under the corrugated tin roof. Central passage continues to ladder to crogloft and ledged door which at one time was the front door. Small later fireplace in room to R.  

Reason for designation
Graded II* as an exceptionally well-preserved early C19 single storey cottage with croglofft and cobbled floor, and of historic importance in the region.  

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