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
19596
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/04/1998
Date of Amendment
01/04/1998
Name of Property
Potato Store/Root House at Hendre Arddwyfaen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llangwm
Town
Locality
Arddwyfaen
Easting
296178
Northing
346702
Street Side
NE
Location
The potato store or root house stands opposite the W corner of the farmhouse, on the opposite side of the Llanfihangel road.
Description
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
Period
History
A very simple structure of indeterminate date, possibly C17 or later.
Exterior
The potato store or root house consists of a segmentally vaulted partly rock cut chamber built into the rocky outcrop opposite the corner of the farmhouse. It measures 2.1m x 2.1m and is 1.54m to the crown of the shallow barrel vault. The back is rock cut, the front having a single door opening.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual structure, of group value with the listed farmhouse and farm buildings at Hendre Arddwyfaen.
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