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
22316
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/09/1999
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
Glebe Farm
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Ynysddu
Town
Locality
Mynyddislwyn
Easting
318616
Northing
192925
Street Side
Location
On the S flank of Mynyddislwyn, off the E side of the lane leading S to Cwmfelin-fach, and reached by a farm track across fields.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Appears on Mynyddiswlyn Tithe Map 1846 as an L-shaped building; datestone which is not wholly legible appears to suggest a 1850s date for at least part of the building.
Exterior
Larger gentleman's farmhouse in late Regency style. Of finely coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, part rendered; part hipped shallow-pitched mostly Welsh slate roof (one pitch replaced with concrete tiles) with overhanging eaves, stone ridge stacks and brick lateral stacks. Roughly T-shaped plan. Frontage has a 3 window range to the main range with 10-pane casements and a swept lead verandah/awning to ground floor with central doorway; cross wing is one bay wide to front and 2 bays to side, all with 16-pane horned sashes with narrow glazing bars and shallow reveals, square hoodmoulds and a small round arched landing window with radial glazing bars between first floor windows to side. Rear elevation has 9-pane sash windows with slightly cambered heads and wider surrounds to first floor, non-matching sashes and casements to ground floor. Outbuilding attached to side with corrugated roof and chimney has arched opening at lower level to front and outside steps to first floor to rear. Attached part swept garden wall with another building attached divides off farmyard.
Interior
Interior believed to retain some original fittings such as panelled doors, shutters and fireplaces.
Reason for designation
Listed for its architectural interest as a a mid C19 gentleman's farmhouse little altered.
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