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
743
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
24/06/1999
Name of Property
Halfway House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Foel Fenlli
Easting
315493
Northing
359919
Street Side
Location
On a commanding site high up on the slopes of Foel Fenlli overlooking the Vale of Clwyd, approximately 1.2 Km NE of Llanbedr village; accessed via an unclassified lane running E off the A 494 Ruthin-Mold Road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 cottage located on the old road accross Moel Fenlli; C20 additions to the L and rear.
Exterior
C18 single-storey vernacular cottage of rubble construction with thatched roof; roughcast front and whitened rubble rear. Squat rubble chimney to the L, widened by the addition of an adjoining flue, serving a small slated C20 addition flush to the L; modern slate chimney to R gable end. Central entrance via 2 composite rubble steps; C20 boarded door with simple boarded wind porch. C20 three-light wooden leaded casement windows flank the entrance, with projecting tiled sills; similar window to L gable of the addition. Small primary light with plain glazing to rear. A modern rendered extension adjoins to the rear of the addition.
Interior
Three-bay cottage with 2-bay hall space to L and single-bay chamber to R, the former with a crude bressummer to its fireplace.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding altered detail, for its special interest as a good regional example of an C18 vernacular house retaining thatched roof.
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