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
1379
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/11/1962  
Date of Amendment
06/12/2002  
Name of Property
Faenol Fawr Old Farmhouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Denbighshire  
Community
Bodelwyddan  
Town
 
Locality
Faenol Fawr  
Easting
300126  
Northing
376426  
Street Side
 
Location
500m W of the Bodelwyddan to Rhuddlan road, near NW corner of Ysbyty Glan Clwyd; 50m NE of Faenol Fawr mansion.  

Description


Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence  
Period
 

History
Possibly contemporary with Faenol fawr mansion, which is dated 1597, perhaps as the house of a steward. The building has been altered and extended for hotel accommodation.  

Exterior
A house of 2-storeys and an attic facing south, standing a little outside the main forecourt of Faenol Fawr mansion. Local axe-dressed limestone masonry. Restored slate roof. The house has 2 windows above and 2 windows and 2 doors below with restored joinery. Tall stone dormer a little left of centre on front elevation, and a corresponding dormer a little right of centre on the rear elevation, both incorporating a window at high level. The main gables and the gables of the 2 dormers are all prominently stepped. Ashlar chimney stack above left gable. An additional unit has been added at left (west), under a slightly lower eaves level. Single-storey extension with lean-to roof at the left side of the rear elevation.  

Interior
Interior altered for hotel accommodation.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a substantial farmhouse of c1600, and for group value with Faenol Fawr mansion.  

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