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
17014
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/10/1966
Date of Amendment
21/02/1996
Name of Property
Church Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Caerhun
Town
Locality
Llanbedr-y-Cennin
Easting
276088
Northing
369512
Street Side
Location
Prominently located at the T-junction at the village centre opposite the Bull Inn; built into the slope of the hill.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
Interior
Reason for designation
An C18 vernacular house in a prominent position and with scarce C19 oat kiln.
Group value with other listed items in Llanbedr-y-Cennin.
Group Description
Church House and Church Cottage
Dated 1754 internally, though occupying a key site and therefore probably with earlier origins; extensively refurbished second quarter C19. 2-storey, 3-window main range (facing Bull Inn), with double-pile storeyed rear, the W range of which is probably contemporary with the front block and originally formed an L-plan house at the corner. This range was subsequently extended northwards to include Church Cottage which faces the church road. Of whitened rubble with modern slate roofs and plain rendered end chimneys to all ranges; weathercoursing. Entrance to L of main block with multi-pane modern glazed door. 12-pane near-flush C19 sash windows to R and three 16-pane sashes to first floor under the eaves. Similar windows to first floor of C19 E range to rear, with French windows and a small modern canted window to ground floor. The W side, facing the church road, has its ground-floor windows at and below the current road level which slopes upwards towards the N; 2 further canted and leaded modern windows to R with plain modern window to L. 12-pane C19 sash window to first floor. Modern glazed doors to upper entrance to Church Cottage at L, with small 8-pane sliding sash to R.
To the rear there is a small yard between the E range which terminates in front of the W range, and a C19 gabled projecting range to the rear (E) of Church Cottage. Beneath the latter, at basement level is an oat kiln with drying floor above.
Largely modern interiors, though the primary W range to the rear has a roughly-beamed ceiling to its ground floor room with a former inglenook fireplace (now broken through); curved bressummer with inscribed date 1754 and indecipherable initials. Perforated brick arches in bays to oat kiln, with slate joists supporting drying floor; some perforated ceramic tiles survive.
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