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
13392
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/05/1975
Date of Amendment
03/05/2002
Name of Property
Downs Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Dinas Powys
Town
Locality
Easting
316544
Northing
169662
Street Side
W
Location
SE of the main village on the edge of the low-lying land known as the Moors, reached by a drive.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably late C17. Shown on Tithe Map 1840 as L-shaped, called The Downs
Exterior
Large farmhouse. Walls of rendered stone; slate roof with end and ridge stacks. 2 storeys and attic. Plan of lobby entry onto central back to back fireplace dividing hall and parlour. Symmetrical frontage. Narrow central entrance bay breaks forward, the roof extending over; front door with rectangular window over. Two window range each side, all decorative C20 glazing to casements.
Interior
Interior retains original layout, open fireplaces back to back. Reportedly retains broad chamfered beams with ovolo stops and one fireplace bressumer with sunk chamfer.
Reason for designation
Listed as a large symmetrical C17 farmhouse of relatively unusual plan retaining much of its historic fabric.
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