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
83328
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/11/2004
Date of Amendment
25/11/2004
Name of Property
Clydfan
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Blaenrheidol
Town
Aberystwyth
Locality
Ystumtuen
Easting
273536
Northing
278621
Street Side
Location
Situated some 40m N of Ebenezer chapel in short row, just N of former school, now Youth Hostel.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Cottage, mid C19, one of a pair, not marked on 1845 tithe map. Ystumtuen was a lead-mining settlement with four mines around, the oldest Ystumtuen in existence in 1705.
Exterior
Cottage in short row, a mirrored pair with cottage to left. Rubble stone with slate eaves roof and two chimneys at right end, one each side of ridge, the front one stone, the rear one rendered. Two storeys, with 12-pane hornless sash each floor to centre, the upper one smaller. Stone voussoirs to ground floor, brick above, and slate sills. To extreme left is C20 door with timber lintel.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a pair of cottages in late Georgian style, probably associated with lead-mining.
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