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
819
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/05/1978
Date of Amendment
12/07/2006
Name of Property
Cil y Groeslwyd-isaf
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Ruthin
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Ruthin Rural
Easting
312506
Northing
355798
Street Side
W
Location
Located in a slightly raised position off a track which leads W from Corwen Road. The house faces S.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17-18; a single-storey 2-unit lobby-entry house, originally timber-framed but later encased in stone. A beam is said to have been found during restoration engraved 'GW 1700'. A 3rd bay was added to the W end later. The house had a rear lean-to, shown as such on the Tithe map of 1839. This was replaced by a larger rear wing in the late C20.
Exterior
A 3-unit house, single-storey with attic, with lobby-entrance to R of centre. Constructed of large blocks of random stone under a slate roof with tall stone ridge stack; some timber-framing is retained to the E gable end, including a post to R and a tie-beam truss, with cambered tie-beam, collar and 2 vertical struts. There is a joint where the W bay was added, the masonry of this bay partially rebuilt. Entrance offset to R of centre, flanked by windows, these openings under segmental heads of stone voussoirs. Further window to L bay without lintel. Late C20 half-glazed panelled door, and late C20 2-light wooden windows, replacing earlier modern windows; gabled attic dormer to L of centre, with similar window. The W gable end is rendered and cut into the bank; a wooden balcony leads to a gable door, with window to R. The E gable end is of masonry below the tie-beam, with a doorway to far R infilled with stone, and 2-light window to L; timber-framed gable has a single light between the struts. Adjoining the rear, towards the E, is a rendered lean-to with prominent stone plinth, containing a 2-light window to E end; skylight to rear roof-pitch. A late C20 wing adjoins rear of lean-to, the E front containing a garage and car port, with 3 gabled attic dormers above.
Interior
Inside the lobby entrance, the house had 2 heated rooms, a hall to L and parlour or service room to R. The back-to-back fireplaces have chamfered timber lintels. Ceilings have medium-chamfered spine beams and chamfered joists, well-preserved in the R room, slightly altered in the L room. A bay was added to the W later; it has a stop-chamfered beam, but this appears to have been re-set. Between this bay and the hall is a timber-framed partition with open panels, which formed the original W gable end of the house.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding alterations to openings, as a small sub-medieval farmhouse retaining its plan-form, character and internal detail.
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