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.
Date of Designation
18/01/1996
Date of Amendment
18/01/1996
Name of Property
Llach-doll farmhouse (Llach-dolt) (including railed and gated terrace to front)
Location
Located on the S side of the road, leading E from the road running north from Cornhill to Painscastle.
History
Farmhouse built by the Maesllwch Estate, early-mid C19.
Exterior
Rubble stonework with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. Two storeys, 4 bays, with continuous lean-to at the rear containing services and a central stair. Central gabled and flagged porch with side benches. Boarded door with chamfered cover strips, set in a heavy frame. Three-light iron casement windows in timber sub-frames, with monolithic pink stone lintels, and label mouldings with dropped out-turned ends. Four-light window W of porch and 2 light window at end bay. Stack on left gable end, and between third and fourth bays. Lean-to at rear continues roof slope at a slightly reduced pitch. Central larger iron framed window to stair, and four small gabled dormers also with iron framed glazing. Small windows in gable end.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (July 1995). Said to have high ceilings to ground floor rooms, and longitudinal chamfered ceiling beams.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of a substantial C19 estate farmhouse, of group value with its contemporary farm buildings.
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