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
161
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/10/1952
Date of Amendment
15/05/1998
Name of Property
Llechryd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llannefydd
Town
Locality
Llechryd
Easting
301012
Northing
368819
Street Side
Location
Located on the N side of a minor road running NW from Henllan to Llannefydd, approximately 1.5km from the former; accessed from the road via a farm track.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Llechryd is mentioned in de Beckeke's survey of Denbigh in 1334 and is traditionally taken to be the birthplace of Iolo Goch (c1320-c1398), the great medieval Welsh poet. This house is close to the earlier dwelling which remains but is now used as a barn. A C17 lobby-entry house, it was mentioned in 1656, but a date of 1703 on a door (now removed) is suggestive of remodelling; the house was subsequently raised and extended to the rear. Until 1876 Llechryd was the seat of the Ffoulkes family.
Exterior
Storeyed farmhouse of whitened rubble construction with a slate roof and tiled ridge; central and end chimney (the latter to the R gable), both rebuilt in brick. Three-bay front with near-central entrance and modern boarded door to reduced opening. This is flanked by 6-pane modern windows; further modern casements to the first floor and to the R gable. Modern storeyed and lower additions to the rear.
Interior
Lobby-entry plan with stopped-chamfered main beam and plain joists to former hall (L); the beams to the corresponding parlour space are implied but hidden beneath plaster. Stopped-chamfered, cambered fireplace bressummer to the hall, with a built-in late C18 or early C19 settle projecting forwards to the R. To the L of the fireplace is a small wall cupboard with raised and fielded panelled door.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special historic interest as a C17/C18 regional house and its site which has historic associations with the famous C14 poet Iolo Goch.
Group value with other listed buildings at Llechryd.
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