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
19348
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1998
Date of Amendment
17/02/1998
Name of Property
Llechwedd-llyfn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Cerrigydrudion
Town
Cerrigydrudion
Locality
Cefn-brith
Easting
294395
Northing
350887
Street Side
Location
The farm is located on a S facing slope below Craig-yr-iyrchen, NE of Cefn-brith. It is reached by a former track off the minor road along the Nant-y-foel valley to the S, and across farmland from Ty'n-y-gilfach to the E.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Farmhouse built probably in the mid-later C16, with minor later modifications. It was abandoned in the 1940s.
Exterior
Built of local stone rubble, with slate roof. One storey and attics, lobby entry plan with downhill parlour to the left of the axial stack, and hall and inner room to the right. A back kitchen has been attached to the rear of this end. Timber door frame, and small square windows, mostly missing. Outside the N wall, a horse gin of which only the iron capstan remains.
Interior
Built of cruck construction, comprising two pairs of well shaped cruck couples, one slightly raised, the other full to the ground, and halved at the apex. The upper truss was filled with wattle and daub, forming the partition to the inner rooms, with sill and step up. Tenoned collar but former tie beam missing. The open truss, set approximately 1m in front of the stack, has a collar and tenoned apex. The stack has a small iron range, with slate slabs both sides, set below a heavy low-set fire lintel. The large open parlour fireplace is blocked with a smaller fireplace. Chamfered cross ceiling beams with check and scoop stops. Stair in a timber enclosure against the rear wall. The added back kitchen had a pump in the corner. The roof battens are fully torched.
Reason for designation
Included, despite its present condition, as an important survivor of a sub-medieval type of construction employing crucks, and where later alterations have not obscured the traditional plan and form.
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