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
555
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/01/1987
Date of Amendment
05/12/1997
Name of Property
Pen-yr-Allt Farmhouse and attached byre
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Leeswood and Pontblyddyn
Town
Locality
Padeswood
Easting
328050
Northing
361555
Street Side
Location
Situated approx. 0.5km to SE of Padeswood and reached along the S side of the by-road which runs through Padeswood Pool, due S between the A5118 and A5104.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17 with later alterations and additions. Farmhouse with attached byre, formerly part of the Hartsheath Estate. Restored in the late C20.
Exterior
C17, 3 storey farmhouse. S front constructed of stone rubble with gable parapets, slate roof and later brick stacks. Boarded door offset to far right, to left 2 casement windows to each floor. To right, lower 2 storey extension of stone rubble construction, slate roof. Window to each floor, tall brick end stack and outside stair to right. Rear 2 storey cross range. To left later attached byre and loft range. Rubble construction with inserted brick pigeon loft with wooden cills to top right. Several partially blocked openings, timber lintols and boarded door. Lean-to at left hand end.
Interior
Said to contain chamfered beams and joists, good inglenook fireplace with curved bressumer over. Not inspected at time of survey (December 1996)
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a C17 farmhouse which still retains much of its external character.
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