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
10/08/1994
Date of Amendment
10/08/1994
Name of Property
Penrallt Uchaf
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Locality
Pont-rhyd-arberth
Location
Situated down long track of some 800m running S along Nant Arberth valley from point just E of Ponty Rhydarberth.
History
A little altered farmhouse group with unpaved bedrock yard. Marked on 1840 Tithe Map as owned by Evan Protheroe, occupied by George Griffith. A David Jones of Penyrallt (d 1763) is commemorated in Llangoedmor Church, and Evan Griffith (d 1831) in churchyard. The 1705 datestone is among the earliest in Ceredigion.
Exterior
Farmhouse: Early C18 or earlier farmhouse with barn attached below. Whitewashed rubble stone with asbestos roofs and red brick end stacks, larger to left. One-and-a-half storeys. Three large C20 eaves-breaking windows. Ground floor two x 4-light casements, door and small 12-pane sash. Attached at NE corner is gabled projection with boarded window and door under rough dripcourse. Datestone above 'DI 1705'. One side window. Added SW rear wing with brick end stack. House has heavy beams and fireplace lintel to E end kitchen.
Barn: Attached downhill to E with slate roof, camber-arched entry with stone voussoirs and double doors, in angle to house projection. One loop to left. 4-bay roof with triple purlins and pegged collar trusses. Three stepped loops in end wall and six tiers of paired dove-holes in gable with slate shelves. Downhill, attached at rear angle is an asbestos roofed stable with centre door and window each side, the left window with stone voussoirs, door and other window with timber lintels.
Reason for designation
A good early example of a local vernacular farmhouse group.
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