Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22321
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/09/1999
Date of Amendment
16/09/1999
Name of Property
Ty'n-y-ffynnon
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Caerphilly
Community
Ynysddu
Town
Locality
Mynydd Grug
Easting
320698
Northing
190892
Street Side
Location
High on the S slope of the Sirhowy Valley above Wattsville, reached by the mountain road running below the crest of Mynydd Grug and then down a farm track.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably mostly early-mid C19. Appears on Machen Ttithe Map of 1841.
Exterior
Mountain farmhouse. Of limewashed stone with stone-tiled roof incorporating 3 half-dormers to front and corniced brick ridge and end stacks. Casement windows mostly with small panes and stone sills. 2-window range to ground floor with boarded door end right. To rear a catslide roof over outshut with curtailed roof to 2-storey end bay on right; this has a 16-pane first floor casement window and boarded door below. Attached to front is a rectangular rubble wall with wicket gate creating a small courtyard; attached to right and stepped down is a small barn bay with doorway and ventilation slit.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as an uncommon survival in this area of a small regional mountain farmstead retaining almost all its original exterior fabric and character.
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