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
19890
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/05/1998
Date of Amendment
10/10/2002
Name of Property
Nant Bran Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Wenvoe
Town
Locality
Dyffryn
Easting
310161
Northing
172964
Street Side
Location
About 1.5km SSW of St Nicholas, reached from drive opposite Dyffryn Gardens. The house is towards NE end of rectangular farmyard aligned SW-NE.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Although re-planned in late C19, the house has probably late C18/early C19 origins. Refurbishment in 2002 has involved inserting a floor in the uphill bay which was previously open over both storeys.
Exterior
Georgian farmhouse. Rendered over local stone and painted, with Welsh slate roof and rectangular rendered cross-ridge and end stacks. Two storeys. Main part of house has a 3-window range of 12-pane sashes in reveals to first floor, set at eaves; central wide gabled porch with 4-panelled front door, porch with seats; similar sash window to left, paired to right. At left beyond chimney, is a bay of same height with casement window to upper level, doorway at ground floor level; left gable has casement window at upper level, 2 similar at lower level. At right, set slightly back, is a lower block with 16-pane sash window at eaves and larger 16-pane sash on ground floor. Attached stone walls to yards. To rear, the central block has a 2-window range of 16-pane sashes and central doorway; blocked segmental-arched doorway to right; similar sashes to stepped down end wing, and new first floor sash window and ground floor casement in uphill end wing.
Interior
Interior modernised in late C19 with contemporary carpentry eg panelled or boarded doors, wooden staircase with turned balusters. Further restored with new render, ceilings etc in 2002 though retaining original plan: central entrance passage, rear hall with stairs parallel to frontage.
Reason for designation
Listed as part of a good group of farm buildings. Group value with other buildings at Nant Bran farm.
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