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
16161
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/07/1995
Date of Amendment
20/07/1995
Name of Property
Cae-Mab-Seifion
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanelltyd
Town
Locality
Easting
268765
Northing
320689
Street Side
Location
Situated 1.5km N of Taicynhaeaf on a high, sloping site above the Afon Cwm-Mynach; accessed via a long track leading NE off a metalled lane running N from the main road at Taicynhaeaf.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Long, earlier C17 one-and-a-half storey farmhouse set into the slope of the hill; rubble construction with slate roof and part boulder plinth. Rubble gable parapet to the L and squat end chimneys with capping and weather-coursing. Wide near-central entrance, reduced to L where a modern light; boarded door. To the L a blocked window and beyond two early C20 4-pane casements; 2 similar windows to the R of the door. Above, two rubble gabled dormers with windows as before; that to the L has a rendered gable. To the rear an opposing entrance with slate-stone lintel, again reduced in width. 6-pane window to the L and two 4-pane windows as before to the R. Stair-light to up-hill gable.
Interior
This was not inspected at the time of survey (March 1995) though is known to have an uphill hall and a downhill service bay with heated parlour beyond. There is evidence for a former post-and-panel partition screen to the central cross-passage. The hall apparently retains a large fireplace with C17 wall cupboard and mural stair to the W. 5-bay roof with upper cruck collar trusses, save the southern-most bay where there is a (later) A-frame, perhaps suggesting some rebuilding at this end.
Reason for designation
A C17 upland vernacular farmhouse retaining much of its external character.
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