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.
Date of Designation
15/05/1978
Date of Amendment
16/02/1996
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Situated in centre of village, set back from A 487 on E side, just across Pont Llethi.
History
Mid to later C19 house built in association with the demolished woollen mill that stood behind. A woollen mill is marked on the site on 1840 Tithe Map, but no house, the mill is said to have been rebuilt in 1842. House is marked on 1887 O.S. A memorial (1961) in the garden commemorates the article written here by Sir Ifan ap Owen Edwards in 1921 that led to the formation of Yr Urdd Gobaith Cymru in 1922. The house was then a guesthouse.
Exterior
Rubble stone with red brick window heads, slate roof, bracketed eaves and stone stacks. Two-storey, three-window range of 1978 12-pane sashes, centre 2-panel door with small-paned overlight. Lower service wing added to left, two-storey, one-window range, C20 9-pane sashes. Outshut rear with long opening in S end wall.
The exterior was colourwashed (1964 list) and had a C19 wooden porch until 1978.
Reason for designation
Included for strong associations with Sir Ifan ap Owen Edwards, founder of the Urdd movement.
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