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
83023
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
05/08/2004
Date of Amendment
05/08/2004
Name of Property
Grofft
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glantwymyn
Town
Locality
Cemmaes Road
Easting
281289
Northing
304107
Street Side
S
Location
Located in the Dyfi Valley, c0.7km SW of Cemmaes Road.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Early C17 farmhouse with lateral chimney, a small parlour wing added to the S in the C18 and said to retain contemporary panelling and pilasters. It was extended to the W in the C18-19. A barn with 2 cruck trusses, possibly an earlier house, was noted here in 1979, and may be the range attached to the E end of the farmhouse. The complex is shown as now on the Tithe Map of 1840
Exterior
Original range of 2 storeys and perhaps a 3-unit plan, extended by a parlour wing to S, an outshut to N, and by 2 bays to the W, the latter comprising domestic accommodation (probably converted from a granary) above a cartshed. Probably originally timber-framed, but box-framing is now visible only in the SE corner of the main range. Rubble stone elsewhere, lime-rendered, but with cement render to the parlour wing and S wall of main range; slate hanging to S wall of W addition. Random slate roof; lateral stone stack (encased in later outshut) and rendered end stack to parlour wing.
Present entrance with panelled door is in the timber-framed SE corner, immediately E of the advanced parlour wing; 12-pane horned sash window above. Beyond the parlour wing, a single uPVC window on each floor, that to ground retaining a stone hoodmould. Similar windows in W wall of parlour wing. Addition to W has 2 open bays to the ground floor, with 2 small-pane windows above, that to R a sash; external stone stairs against W gable end. The N elevation has an outshut against the easternmost bays of the main range, which has a stone stack with brick shaft, a C20 door, uPVC window and flat-roofed dormer; sky lights to roof pitch. To the R, 2 small wooden windows to 1st floor of W addition only. Small breeze block shed in angle with outshut.
Adjoining the E end of the house is a single-storey L-shaped farm building, of rubble stone, lime-washed to S side. The short range, aligned with the house, is under a slate roof and has a small window to the S side. The main range at right angles is on boulder footings, part of the front (E) wall rebuilt in slate blocks, under a corrugated metal roof. This rebuilt section contains full-height planked double doors offset to R of centre, with a hatch to R with planked door. Further hatch to L in original stonework containing corrugated plastic sheeting. The S gable end has a planked door, and corrugated sheeting above, probably to a 1st floor doorway. No openings to W gable end, but gable slightly inset, suggesting rebuilding or alteration.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a sub-medieval regional house showing the transition from timber-framing to stone, the former now rare in this area.
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