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
8812
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/05/1962
Date of Amendment
20/01/2005
Name of Property
Fforest Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glascwm
Town
Locality
Hundred House
Easting
310769
Northing
254015
Street Side
Location
Set within the earthworks of Colwyn Castle on the N side of the A481 approximately 0.7km SW of Hundred House.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Described in 1629 as recently built by John Davies, perhaps re-using stone from the castle. The castle had been built in stone in 1240 as a Marcher stronghold but was disused by the end of the medieval period. The house was altered and heightened in the late C18 or early C19.
Exterior
A 2½-storey house of whitened rubble stone, slate roof and roughcast stack to the R. Openings have wooden lintels in the lower storey, brick segmental heads to the upper storey and attic. The central C19 porch has a segmental arch with freestone voussoirs, and glazed front door. In the lower and middle storeys are 16-pane horned sashes. Two gabled dormers have 12-pane horned sashes. In the R gable end is a small window to the L in each storey. To the R are inserted French doors, with inserted window above and small attic window. The rear has a short gabled rear wing with raked buttress, and added outshut on its R side. A flat-roof projection is to the L. Rear windows are all replacements. The L gable end has a segmental-headed small-pane window upper R, above a lower attached range housing workshops.
Interior
A former entrance hall has an closed-string stair at the rear. The room to the R has spine beams. The house is also said to retain 2 fireplaces with moulded stone jambs, possibly reclaimed from the castle ruins.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a C17 house enlarged and retaining definite C19 character, retaining C17 interior detail and on the site of a medieval castle.
The farmhouse is surrounded by Scheduled Ancient Monument RD035.
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