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
82438
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/01/2004
Date of Amendment
28/01/2004
Name of Property
Ty-coch
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfechain
Town
Locality
Llanfechain village
Easting
319118
Northing
320293
Street Side
Location
At south side of the B4393, just east of the turning to the centre of the village of Llanfechain.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A three-bay hall house probably of the C15, with crucks and a dais partition. Small later two-storey timber-framed porch at west and a much rebuilt wing at east. C17 inserted chimney and stairs. In the late C17 Ty-coch was part of the Powys estate, its rent used for the maintenance of a chaplain; it appears to have been in undetermined ownership for a period (the Tithe Survey records it in 1839 as owned and occupied by Thomas Roberts), but in the later C19 was owned by the Jesuits of Stonyhurst (Lancashire).
Exterior
A three-bay cruck house ranging north-west to south-east, on a level site. The main exterior feature is the fine timber framing exposed on the south-east gable, five panels high between massive crucks (up to about 600 mm wide) with V struts and a small yoke at the top. The rear (north-west) gable is box framed, but concealed by modern cladding. The side wall to south-west is rebuilt in stone or brick and rendered and the north-east side is occupied by a large wing in stone which has been enlarged to the rear. Timber framing is also seen in part of the porch added on the south-west side (mainly rendered) and at the rear of the north-east extension.
Slate roofs with tile ridges; brick chimney stacks including that of the main chimney between the south-east and middle bays of the main range and a corner stack at the west corner. One small rooflight is inconspicuously sited at the east side of the main range.
The house has been restored with small-pane timber windows throughout. The main gable to south-east has two upper windows and one lower window; the south-west elevation has two dormer windows and three lower windows.
Interior
A three bay hall plan with inserted chimney to south of the middle bay and a screen of post and panel type partitioning the north bay. The original entrance positions are not apparent. The cross-beam at north of the hall is about 300 mm from the screen. Three fine pairs of crucks, which appear to be complete. The upper timbering of the north-west box-framed gable is only visible internally, consisting of close diagonal bracing above tie beam level.
Reason for designation
A late mediaeval cruck house, retaining a fine south gable elevation and many interior features including a post and panel partition.
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