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
5856
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/10/1966
Date of Amendment
17/07/1992
Name of Property
Bwlch-y-Maen
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Conwy
Community
Bro Machno
Town
Locality
Easting
278225
Northing
353091
Street Side
Location
Reached via drive branching off forest track at SH 782 527.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Two storey house probably of C17 with later extensions to SW end and along W end of N (rear) elevation.
Exterior
Roughly coursed rubble; slate roof. Entrance front faces SE. On first floor, house proper has three C19 windows with 20-pane hornless sash glazing, and, to L, smaller 12 pane sash. On ground floor,to R, doorway (apparently original) with stone lintel. To L of doorway, window formerly main door under shaped stone head. To L of this is doorway (former window) and further window with deep stone lintel. Stone rectangular chimney to L marks limit of original house extended to L probably mid C19 obscuring projecting C17 chimney in gable. Extension to L, in line with main block has stone stair (kennel below) to first floor doorway with small pane window to L; broad ground floor cartshed opening to L of stair. Ridge of roof has inserted C19 brick chimney stack. E gable has projecting shouldered chimney with tall diagonally set square stack. First floor window to R of chimney; former L window blocked. Lean-to pigsties below. Rear has, one window on first floor, and on ground floor, to L, small window under simple stone lintel, and doorway with shaped stone lintel. To W end, C19 dairy outshot in matching materials; tall brick diagonally set chimney stack; broad doorway facing SW.
Interior
Ground floor ceiling of 5 bays with 6 chamfered beams with moulded stops; mostly original chamfered joists. Wide fireplace to SW has chamfered cambered lintel. Three roof trusses, probably original, but with some more recent tie-beams.
Reason for designation
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