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
25/01/1951
Date of Amendment
19/02/1993
Name of Property
The Sexton's House
Address
14 Tan-Yr-Egwlys (Church Street)
Location
At entrance to churchyard opposite Jesus Hospital.
History
Mid C19 although said locally to incorporate earlier building on site.
Exterior
One and a half storey cottage. L-shaped plan. Roughly coursed squared rubble; freestone dressings; slate roofs. Entrance elevation faces street (N). Slightly advanced central bay has coped gable with stepped kneelers; two-light mullioned window with heavy stone lintel and dripmould, stone sill set at eaves. Below this, square-headed doorway with pale freestone frame. To each side of central bay, three-light mullioned window (R window blocked) with heavy stone lintel with dripmould, and stone sill. Gable end to E has freestone coping and stepped kneelers; rectangular stone chimney stack with cornice; two-light window as other first floor windows.
To churchyard, gable end (coped gable with stepped kneelers) has two-light attic window with heraldic shield above; three-light ground floor window as front. To R of gable, tall rectangular stone chimneystack with cornice. In rear wing, single ground floor two-light window as attics. Gable end to rear coped with stepped kneelers and two-light attic window as front.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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