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
14970
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/10/1994
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Tafolgraig Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Aberdovey
Town
Aberdovey
Locality
Aber-Tafol
Easting
265023
Northing
297369
Street Side
Location
Facing SE, at top of lane which leaves N side of A 493 at Abertafol.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Former farmhouse includes (to centre) C17 house, (to L) barn of early C18, and (to R) house of 1856, all attached. Modernised late C20, all 3 blocks interconnect, barn converted to living accommodation.
Exterior
To R, two storey 3-window, end chimney house, long slabs of squared rubble, slate roof, stone chimneys; slate lintels date from late C20 (formerly brick as rear). Three first floor 16-pane sash windows; three similar windows to ground floor (but central larger window was once door). Between floors, datestone "Tafolgraig Adeiliadwyd Awst 23, 1856 David Davies". Rear of this block has 3 first floor small-pane windows with brick heads, and on ground floor, to R, small-pane sash window, to L, window with modern glazing. To centre, at right angles, two storey C17 house with gable end facing SE. Rubble, (SW wall rendered), slate roof, stone chimney to SE gable which has small-pane window to first floor R; on ground floor modern lean-to, rendered with slate roof, small-pane glazing, boarded door. Rear of this block has, to NE, on first floor, small-pane window set at eaves, on ground floor, to L, 12-pane hornless sash window, to R, window with modern glazing. Gable end facing NW has small-pane window to first floor. To SW, 2 dormers with small-pane windows set across eaves, 3 small-pane windows to ground floor.
To left, barn block. Two storey rubble and slate outbuilding with small-pane first floor window, and glazed door, beyond this is barn, front elevation obscured by concrete block extension. Rear of this block has stone stairs up to modern doorway, modern glazed door, and casement window. Modern window to gable end of barn.
Interior
Large fireplace and some exposed beams to C17 block; exposed trusses with raking struts to former barn.
Reason for designation
Included as characterful building spanning three centuries.
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