Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
13558
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
04/07/1975
Date of Amendment
18/02/1999
Name of Property
Watford Fach Farmhouse with adjoining former barn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Caerphilly
Town
Caerphilly
Locality
Watford
Easting
314806
Northing
185930
Street Side
W
Location
Fronting Watford Road as it climbs out of the town towards Caerphilly mountain. Opposite Plas Watford.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17 farmhouse with adjoining barn. The 3 unit house contained a hall, inner room and parlour.
Exterior
Two-storey, 3-window, lobby-entry house facing E. Rendered under a stone tiled roof. Ridge stack and N end stack. Gabled porch R of centre with C20 panelled door. Two windows to L of entrance and 1 to R. Two-casement multipane wooden windows with flat heads and raised surrounds. Three windows to upper storey, not aligned with those below. Small 8-pane window L of sash, and R window as below. The adjoining former barn to the L is rendered under a slate roof. Single storey, 3-window front. Two top-hung multipane windows and one UPVC window.
The rear of the house has a large single storey lean-to with door and window, and top-hung window to S side. Further N is a gabled range which joins the former single-storey stable block, now converted for accommodation. The rear of the barn has a central door under a segmental arch of voussoirs flanked by C20 windows as front.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection (23/9/98).
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding modern alterations, for its interest as a sub-medieval lobby-entry farmhouse.
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