Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
743
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/07/1966
Date of Amendment
24/06/1999
Name of Property
Halfway House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
Town
Ruthin
Locality
Foel Fenlli
Easting
315493
Northing
359919
Street Side
Location
On a commanding site high up on the slopes of Foel Fenlli overlooking the Vale of Clwyd, approximately 1.2 Km NE of Llanbedr village; accessed via an unclassified lane running E off the A 494 Ruthin-Mold Road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 cottage located on the old road accross Moel Fenlli; C20 additions to the L and rear.
Exterior
C18 single-storey vernacular cottage of rubble construction with thatched roof; roughcast front and whitened rubble rear. Squat rubble chimney to the L, widened by the addition of an adjoining flue, serving a small slated C20 addition flush to the L; modern slate chimney to R gable end. Central entrance via 2 composite rubble steps; C20 boarded door with simple boarded wind porch. C20 three-light wooden leaded casement windows flank the entrance, with projecting tiled sills; similar window to L gable of the addition. Small primary light with plain glazing to rear. A modern rendered extension adjoins to the rear of the addition.
Interior
Three-bay cottage with 2-bay hall space to L and single-bay chamber to R, the former with a crude bressummer to its fireplace.
Reason for designation
Listed, notwithstanding altered detail, for its special interest as a good regional example of an C18 vernacular house retaining thatched roof.
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