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
80997
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/03/2003
Date of Amendment
13/03/2003
Name of Property
Cwmgwen Farmhouse, with attached agricultural range
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
Town
Locality
Pencader
Easting
244486
Northing
235650
Street Side
Location
Situated at the S end of the village, set back from and at right angles to the road, facing a farmyard.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Dated 1834 and shown on the 1841 Tithe map. The house was later extended by the addition of an agricultural range that incorporated farm workers'''' accommodation. The building in its present form is shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey. The house was probably divided into 2 dwellings in the late C19.
Exterior
A 2-storey 4-window house of rubble stone with slate roof and roughcast stacks. The house, with unequally placed windows, has been divided into 2 dwellings. The R-hand of these is 3-window with slate-hung front. A central doorway, under a segmental stone head, has a replaced door. Windows are 2-pane sashes A tablet in the upper storey between central and R-hand windows is inscribed ''''Ed C Evans 1834''''. The L-hand, single-window dwelling has a gabled brick porch on the R side with fish-scale slate roof. It has a late C19 margin-lit sash window under segmental head in the lower storey, and 2-pane sash window under a wedge lintel in the upper storey. A catslide-roofed outshut to the rear of the house, incorporating a dairy, has a central door incorporating glazed panels, and flanking windows.
A lower 2-storey agricultural range is attached to the L gable end of the house and is separated from it by a vertical joint. It is of rubble stone, has openings under lintels, and slate roof with stone stack to the L end. A wide cart shed doorway is at the L end, then there are 3 doorways of unequal sizes, a window with marginal glazing and a further doorway. In the upper storey, used for labourers'''' accommodation, are 3 windows below the eaves.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed as a substantial C19 farmhouse and agricultural range retaining a strong C19 character.
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