Halfway House, Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1297 / 53°7'46"N

Longitude: -3.2644 / 3°15'51"W

OS Eastings: 315493

OS Northings: 359919

OS Grid: SJ154599

Mapcode National: GBR 6T.6ZF9

Mapcode Global: WH779.TLPK

Plus Code: 9C5R4PHP+V6

Entry Name: Halfway House

Listing Date: 19 July 1966

Last Amended: 24 June 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 743

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300000743

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-M

County: Denbighshire

Town: Ruthin

Community: Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd

Locality: Foel Fenlli

Traditional County: Denbighshire

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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.

Reasons for Listing

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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Other nearby listed buildings

II Old Church of St Peter
Strikingly located within a raised and revetted churchyard on the eastern slope of the Vale of Clwyd, approximately 0.5km N of the village centre and 200m SW of Llanbedr hall; accessed via a footpath
II* Church of St Peter
At the junction of the A494 and the B 5429, set within its own walled churchyard.
II The Gatehouse
On the road-side in the centre of the village, opposite the Church of St Peter.
II Lloyd Monument at Church of St Peter
Located in the churchyard, approximately 20m W of the church.
II Gatepiers and Gates at Church of St Peter
Located at the SW entrance to the churchyard.
II The Griffin Public House
Prominently-sited on a bend of the road in the centre of the village group, opposite the church.
II Plas Isa
Set back to the E of the main road at the approach to Llanbedr village. Also called Maenor Plas Isaf.
II Dovecote at Old Rectory
Immediately to north of the Old Rectory which is situated approximately O.5km north-west of Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.

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Halfway House

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire