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
24682
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/01/2001
Date of Amendment
31/01/2001
Name of Property
Llwyn Tew
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Ysceifiog
Town
Holywell
Locality
Lixwm
Easting
316816
Northing
371293
Street Side
Location
An isolated house on the W side of Lixwm village, reached by track and footpath on the W side of the B5121.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A small 2-unit C17 house with detached bakehouse. Rear and side wings were added to the house in the second half of the C19.
Exterior
A 2-storey house with parallel 2-storey rear wing and single-storey wing to the L side, of pebble dashed walls and the main house with a synthetic slate roof, the wings C19 slates. The original house has external stacks to both gable ends, pebble-dashed to the L and rubble stone to the R. The front has renewed openings, comprising a doorway to the L with replaced door, and sash window to the R, both openings late C19 under segmental heads, and a wider upper storey window below the eaves. The wing on the L side has a segmental-headed fixed window, L of which is a 2-window outshut with renewed and enlarged windows, and a metal-framed window in its gable end. The rear has 2 fixed windows. The rear wing has a small-pane window under segmental head in the lower storey and horizontal-sliding sash window beneath the eaves. In its gable end, opposite the bakehouse, is a segmental-headed window boarded up.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a rare example of a small C17 house retaining early character.
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