Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
19/05/2001
Date of Amendment
19/05/2001
Name of Property
Cottage and Brewhouse at Garthgynan
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Locality
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Location
Immediately west of Garthgynan farmhouse
Broad Class
Agriculture and Subsistence
History
Probably C19, but with a datestone of 1658. The building is now a storeroom.
Exterior
A building in local limestone rubble masonry, with a central shared chimney stack slightly off-centre. Slate roof with tile ridge. Pairs of six-pane casements above and below. Base only of central chimney stack. The right unit is a cottage and has its door at front, the left unit resembles a cottage and was possibly altered from one but was more probably a brewhouse from the start; it has a door in the left gable wall leading to stairs to the loft, and another to the ground storey interior.
At high level on the front is a prominent datestone, marked 1658 WW, probably ex situ.
Interior
The left unit contains the hearth and equipment of a brewhouse, and a separately entered loft above; the right unit contains a domestic hearth.
Reason for designation
Listed for group value with Garthgynan farmhouse and with other listed buildings of the grounds and farmyard.
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