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.
Date of Designation
21/03/2001
Date of Amendment
21/03/2001
Name of Property
Groes-wen
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Location
Beside minor road 2 km south of Llanelidan church, at start of a lane branching to Ty'n-y-pant.
History
A small agricultural labourer's cottage, shown on the 1874 map, and since enlarged at rear.
Exterior
A single-storey two-unit cottage, standing in a hollow between the road and a lane, and facing north. It is rendered and whitened and has a slate roof and tile ridge. End-chimneys also rendered and whitened. Restored central heck-door. Four-pane casement windows with painted sills. Small lean-to at left, fronting the lane, with later sheds to its rear. Stone front garden wall to the lane with wooden gate.
Interior
Interior not seen.
Reason for designation
An unusual survival of a C19 single storey agricultural labourer's cottage of the smallest description, which has retained its vernacular character.
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