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
15161
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/02/1995
Date of Amendment
13/02/1995
Name of Property
Cae'n-y-Coed Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ganllwyd
Town
Locality
Friog
Easting
273796
Northing
324995
Street Side
Location
Located on a rise in a clearing within the Ganllwyd forestapproximately 2km W of Ganllwyd village; accessed via a shorttrack leading from an unmetalled forestry track running W from along forestry road which leads NW from the A 470 near theTyn-y-groes hot
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Single-storey sub-Medieval house-and-byre complex;perhaps late C16 and said to have had an inscribed 1590's date on its (now removed) lintel (information from the owner). Later (C17) byre section added to NE and a second quarter-mid C19 2-storey cottage added beyond.
Exterior
Exterior: House-and-byre: Rubble construction with corrugatediron roofs; the house is the central section and has acontemporary or near-contemporay byre addition to the SW, set backslightly; later C17 byre addition to NE. The primary block ispartly on boulder foundations and has a later rubble and boulderbuttress to the L, in front of a former window. Off-centreentrance to house with boarded door and timber lintel; originalwindow opening to L with modern window. The byre section has asteeply-pitched slate roof and an entrance to L with modern stabledoor. Rough stone-stepped access to upper loading bay at R gableend; original pegged oak doorcase and boarded door. The L byresection has an entrance to the L with C19 boarded door anddoorcase and a window opening to the L at the junction with theC19 cottage addition. 2 small original window openings to therear of the house with modern glazing, that to the R with timberlintel. 6-pane C19 window to rear of the NE byre section.
Exterior, Cottage addition: 2-storey, 2-window cottage; rubbleconstruction with slate roof and end chimneys, with plain cornicesand weather coursing. Central entrance with boarded door; 12-panerecessed sash windows to both floors, except that to upper R whichis modern;projecting slate cills. Contemporary 6-pane fixedstair-light diagonally above entrance to R. Central entrance to rear with part-glazed modern door; 6-pane sash window with tall lower panes to the R and a 12-pane recessed sash above. Modernwindows to L of door on both floors.
Interior
Interior, house-and-byre section: 2-bay interior to house withlarge inglenook fireplace to L with chamfered inglebeam; laterdoorway through fireplace into byre section. Beamed ceiling withrun-off stops and chamfering, probably a late C17 insertion; asection of post-and-panel partition screen survives to the L of 12 the entrance, originally defining the hall/parlour spaces. Primary(?) entrance into right-hand byre section through SW gable wall. Both byre sections of 2-bays with original tie-beam trusses.
Reason for designation
A good example of an early vernacular house-and-byre with C19 cottage addition retaining unaltered facade.
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