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
19355
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/02/1998
Date of Amendment
17/02/1998
Name of Property
Carthouse at Hafod y Maidd
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Cerrigydrudion
Town
Cerrigydrudion
Locality
Glasfryn
Easting
292038
Northing
350571
Street Side
N
Location
Hafod y Maidd farm is located approximately 400m due N of Glasfryn. The carthouse stands at right angles, to the N of the earlier farmbuildings around the yard, and faces E over the driftway to the fields further to the N.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
The carthouse was built in the mid-late C19 to accommodate the increasing number of farm vehicles then employed.
Exterior
Built of well laid stone rubble with large quoins. Slate roof. Four square openings to the E, each with a monolithic slate lintel, and above each, a ventilation window with slats in the lower part, and glazing above. The upper floor, probably for the storage of hay and fodder, is accessed by an external stone stair at the S end, attached to the rear of the major farm building.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a handsome C19 farm building illustrative of changing farming practice of the time, and one of a group of fine and well preserved farm buildings at Hafod y Maidd.
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