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
19010
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/10/1997
Date of Amendment
15/10/1997
Name of Property
Tan-yr-Allt
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llangeitho
Town
Tregaron
Locality
Llangeitho
Easting
261382
Northing
260115
Street Side
Location
Situated some 800m NW of Llangeitho, on W side of lane that runs N from B4342 W of Pont y Capel. On steep slope above Cwm Sissyllt.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Later C18 or early C19 thatched cottage. On the 1841 Tithe Map schedule Tan-yr-Allt was listed as a holding of approximately 9.2 hectares (23 acres), owned by Rees Davies and occupied by Hugh Hughes.
Exterior
Cob faced with whitewashed rubble stone and corrugated iron roof over thatch. Painted brick stack to right. Two 9-pane pivot windows with timber lintels and stone sills. Centre C20 door in enlarged doorway. Small C20 whitewashed extensions to left and right. Small window to rear.
Interior
Original cottage has whitewashed rendered cob walls with four oak posts to each long side on ground floor. Ceiling has three irregularly spaced transverse beams, the centre one a C20 replacement, and lateral beams, laid flat to S section, and floorboards. Later C19 brick chimneybreast on N end with bread oven to left. Two C20 wooden stairs on opposite corners. First floor has four oak collar trusses scarfed to the corresponding four ground floor posts.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well-preserved cob-walled thatched cottage of regional character, this one faced in stone. The type is restricted to the Aeron valley, and this is the best surviving example in the Llangeitho area.
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