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
3649
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/12/1991
Date of Amendment
05/01/1996
Name of Property
Ty Du Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Town
Locality
Llansanffraid Glan Conwy
Easting
280748
Northing
375594
Street Side
N
Location
Facing the road approximately 1km SE of the village centre.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built in 1857 by Whitehall Dod (1823-1878), local estate owner. Said locally to have been built after fire destroyed the previous farm on site (hence name Ty Du, `the black house.'
Exterior
2-storey farmhouse of rendered brick with slated roof; dogstooth brickwork at eaves. Projecting stack to R with twin off-set chimneys. Gabled cross-wing to R with datestone inscribed `WD 1857' to apex. Plain, single sash windows to ground and first floors. The main block has further plain sashes to both floors, that to the first-floor R narrower. Beneath this a single-storey gabled porch with pierced bargeboards and wooden finial. Tudor arched entrance with C19 door. Central outshot to rear of main block with modern window (formerly an entrance) and chimney in W angle. Single-storey gabled annex set back to R with further entrance and modern window.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an intact example of a typical mid-C19 model farm.
Group value with the agricultural ranges at Ty Du.
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