Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
20994
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/12/1998
Date of Amendment
15/12/1998
Name of Property
Bwlch-du
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Nantglyn
Town
Denbigh
Locality
Llyn Brenig
Easting
298719
Northing
358386
Street Side
Location
Located approximately 3.2km SW of Nantglyn village; immediately S of the road from Pentrefoelas to Denbigh, where a track runs S along the W side of the Llyn Brenig.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19 encroachment smallholding farmstead, built on the edge of the moors.
Exterior
Long, single-storey small farmhouse of whitened rubble construction with corrugated asbestos roof, probably formerly thatched; modern purlins visible at the gable ends. The farmhouse is in two sections, a 2-window living section to the R and a 2-window brewhouse section to the L; a large central chimney divides the two. The latter has weather-coursing and C20 brick cornicing. C20 boarded doors, the brewhouse section flanked by small, plain late C19/early C20 sliding sashes and the main section with similar sash to the R and a larger 12-pane sliding sash to the L; projecting slate sills throughout.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a small late C18 or early C19 encroachment homestead in an isolated moorland location.
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