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Former Detached Kitchen and Dairy at Upper Dyffryn

A Grade II* Listed Building in Grosmont, Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9064 / 51°54'22"N

Longitude: -2.8419 / 2°50'30"W

OS Eastings: 342177

OS Northings: 223425

OS Grid: SO421234

Mapcode National: GBR FD.Q5P8

Mapcode Global: VH78X.PBGY

Plus Code: 9C3VW545+G6

Entry Name: Former Detached Kitchen and Dairy at Upper Dyffryn

Listing Date: 19 October 2000

Last Amended: 19 October 2000

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 24150

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300024150

Location: Located on the N side of the minor road to Norton, about 2 km SW of Grosmont village. The dairy and detached kitchen lie approximately 5m NE of Upper Dyffryn Farmhouse.

County: Monmouthshire

Town: Abergavenny

Community: Grosmont (Y Grysmwnt)

Community: Grosmont

Locality: The Dyffryn

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

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History

This C17 detached kitchen and dairy, probably contemporary or slightly later than the house, is lofted to provide accommodation (or storage) on first floor. The building may possibly have started life as a secondary house on the 'unit ' system, with two self-contained dwellings existing side by side on the same farmstead, later being converted into an outside kitchen. The kitchen became a wash-house in the C19, and the building survives remarkably unaltered.

Exterior

Rubble stone with slate roof and tile ridge. SW garden front has off-centre stone stair leading to upper doorway, C17 plank door with applied fillets. Windows are unglazed with plain square mullions. First floor (left) has a 2-light mullion. Ground floor (left) has 2-light mullion with iron stanchions, and segmental arched stone voussoirs; and (right) a single light window (formerly a 4 light mullion). NE side has 2-light mullion on first floor, and two 2-light mullions (with stanchions) on ground floor, with a blocked doorway to left. SW gable has fine C17 flat arched ovolo moulded doorway with ornate shaped door-head; plank door with strap hinges.

Interior

First floor (accessible by external stone stair) is open to roof. Three bays, framed trusses with raking queen struts, trenched purlins at two levels. Window openings have internal boarded shutters with strap hinges. Entry to wash-house and dairy is via SE gable. Stone flagged floors. Ceiling beams are chamfered with scroll stops. Broad fireplace opening, with C19 brick boiler to right. Dairy has stone shelves supported by vertical stone slabs, and in situ butter churn.

Reasons for Listing

Rare and well-preserved C17 detached kitchen and dairy, contemporary with the adjacent Renaissance house. Strong group value with the house and barn.

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    On the N side of the minor road to Norton, some 2 km SE of Grosmont village.
  • II Barn at Upper Dyffryn
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  • II Barns Farmhouse
    Approximately 1 km SE of Grosmont on the slopes of Graig Syfyrddin, located at the end of a long farm track approached along the minor road which leads W from Middle Tresenny.
  • II Lower Tresenny Farmhouse
    Some 400m SE of Grosmont village, S of the road junction to Middle Tresenny.
  • II Granary at Lower Tresenny
    Some 400m SE of Grosmont village, S of the road junction to Middle Tresenny.
  • II* Barn at Lower Tresenny
    400m SE of Grosmont village, immediately S of the road junction to Middle Tresenny, and some 30m SW of Lower Tresenny farmhouse.
  • II Walls to Terraced Garden at Lower Dyffryn
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