Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13391
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/11/1974
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
Breach Farm House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Cowbridge with Llanblethian
Town
Locality
Llanblethian
Easting
297103
Northing
173545
Street Side
S
Location
About 1.8km W of Llanblethian, and 300m S of road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17, and circa 1800. See reconstruction drawing, and photo in RCAHM Inventory.
Exterior
A two-unit, one-and-a half storeyed house with symmetrical front. Stone (rendered), slate roof, end chimneys in brick. Central doorway covered by large porch with catslide roof. Two gabled dormers with 2-light mullion and transom windows under hoodmoulds. On ground floor, similar 3-light window to l, 2-light window to R. To L, added block with one narrow window to each floor. To R, long attached agricultural range, stone, corrugated roof. To rear, at right angles, kitchen block with large brick chimney to N gable; 2 windows, one-and-a-half storeys, upper windows in small dormers, door under lean-to porch. Outshut rears ro main and service blocks.
Interior
Internally there have been some alterations but the main beams survive. The stone stairway was made wider when a rear kitchen was added.
Reason for designation
A well-preserved example of an early gable chimneyed house, rare in Glamorgan.
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