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
81153
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/2003
Date of Amendment
23/05/2003
Name of Property
Llan-gau
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Ceiriog Ucha
Town
Locality
Cyrchynan
Easting
314593
Northing
331260
Street Side
Location
In an upland location approx 2.5km from Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, reached by tracks which lead SW from the road which runs S from the main crossroads in the vilage.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid-late C19; a small cottage, probably for a shepherd, with attached lofted stable.
Exterior
One-unit 2-storey cottage of rubble stone under a slate roof, with red brick stack to L. Adjoining to L but separated by a butt joint, is the stable, also of rubble stone and under the same slate roof. The cottage has a part-lit boarded door to the R, under a timber lintel. Two-light casement window with quarries under a timber lintel to its L, with similar window aligned above. N gable end formerly had a lean-to, now an open canopy. Stable has part-lit boarded door to L under a segmental brick head; some brick repairs to jambs. Two-light small-pane casement window to its R, also under a segmental brick head, the glazing probably inserted later. Corrugated iron sheeting to S gable end, detail not seen. Rear not seen.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as an unusual survival of a small upland cottage with stable, which was probably associated with sheep farming in the C19.
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