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
04/06/1996
Date of Amendment
04/06/1996
Name of Property
Derlwyn and railed forecourt
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Location
Prominently situated in centre of village on N side of A475.
History
Built c1880 with slightly later single storey additions to each end: that to the W was a carpenter's shop.
Exterior
Rubble construction. Slate roofs, projecting eaves and bargeboards. Yellow brick gable chimney stacks to house, tall yellow brick stack to gable of E addition and reduced gable stack to W extension. Two storey 3-bay house elevation, offset to left. Marginally glazed 12-pane horned sash windows, cambered stone voussoired heads: slate sills. Central 6-panel door, marginally glazed overlight, head as above. Small first floor sash window to E end of house, glazing and head as front.
Later single storey 2-bay E extension of rubble construction. Boarded door to left with 4-pane overlight. Twelve-pane sash window to right; marginal glazing and slate sill. Yellow brick cambered heads. Later single storey 2-bay W addition (former carpenter's shop) of rough rubble build. Boarded door to right, 9-pane window to left, cambered yellow brick heads.
Rubble courtyard walls to house, dwarf wall to front with decorative late C19/early C20 iron half-rail above slate-slab coping. Central cast iron gate, the posts with trophy finials. Return walls are higher with sloped coping.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good representative example of a late C19 village house in the area with attractive detailing and unusual balanced composition. Derlwyn is the focal point of Llandyfriog village.
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