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
26991
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/10/2002
Date of Amendment
10/10/2002
Name of Property
Well House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Vale of Glamorgan
Community
Wenvoe
Town
Locality
Dyffryn
Easting
309337
Northing
171743
Street Side
Location
In the hamlet of Dyffryn S of the Dyffryn gardens boundary wall.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18. RCAHMW records an inscription of 1773.
Exterior
Thatched cottage. Of limewashed and painted stone rubble; steep-pitched roof with end stacks. Two storeys to main unit, with single storey wing with attic to left. Two-window range of small lattice casements under painted wood lintels to both wings. Central doorway, a porch created by the thatch roof extending forward in a notable nose-shape; boarded door. Small forward extension to front right. Rear of main range is not limewashed.
Interior
Interior retains open fireplace with stairs beside, chamfered unblackened cross-beams and exposed joists.
Reason for designation
Listed as an C18 cottage retaining its historic fabric including a thatched roof.
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