Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
1997
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/01/1956
Date of Amendment
03/07/2007
Name of Property
Ty-Gwyn
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Goetre Fawr
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Llanover
Easting
331675
Northing
207888
Street Side
Location
About 100m east of the A4052 at the southern entrance to Llanover village.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C16 (Fox & Raglan type IIB) house with early C17 addition at right angles to its east, a mid C19 (?) block to the rear. Fox & Raglan reported a Tudor door head, studded panels, and Wern-hir stops
Exterior
Farmhouse; stone, mainly stone tiled roof. Three main blocks, a C16 gabled block to L, with a C17 block at right angles, and a probably C19 block to rear.
Two-window C17 block with a 2-light and a 3-light window to first floor. Doorway beneath wooden porch (blocked window to L under porch); a 2-light window towards R. Right hand gable has a broad window on each floor under a drip stone; upper window retains central diamond mullion; modern glazing on ground floor. Gable of C16 block to L has a tall square corbelled chimney, a tiny attic window, and a 4-light ground floor window. Left return has a dormer set across eaves, and 2 ground floor windows, one possibly a former doorway; another stone chimney to rear, and flat-roofed extension. Rear C19 block has window under drip mould, former chimney breast, 3-pane over 6-pane hornless sash window facing E.
Interior
Not accessible.
Reason for designation
A C16 and C17 farmhouse typical of the region retaining overall character.
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