Tyddyn-Isaf, Caerhun, Conwy

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.2075 / 53°12'27"N

Longitude: -3.844 / 3°50'38"W

OS Eastings: 276942

OS Northings: 369414

OS Grid: SH769694

Mapcode National: GBR 62.1W61

Mapcode Global: WH54C.XMPX

Plus Code: 9C5R6554+2C

Entry Name: Tyddyn-Isaf

Listing Date: 21 February 1996

Last Amended: 21 February 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 17013

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300017013

Location: Located 100 m E of the Conwy Road (B 5106), at the eastern extremity of Castell; accessed via a narrow lane running E from the road.

County: Conwy

Community: Caerhun

Locality: Castell

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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Exterior

Dated 1790; small 2-window storied farmhouse with later additions. Of whitened rubble on boulder foundations with slate roof; squat end chimneys with plain capping and weathercoursing. Central entrance with C20 part-glazed door and flanking late C19 4-pane sashes in (apparently) original openings; similar first-floor windows, under the eaves. Adjoining to the R, stepped-down and set back, a near-contemporary single-storey byre addition, converted some thirty years ago to domestic use, at which time its roof was raised; 2 modern windows, formerly entrances. Later slated catslide extension to the rear of the house; modern openings.

Interior

Beamed ceiling to open ground-floor room with plain beams and joists; on the central transverse beam, is inscribed ORO 1790. Large fireplace to L end with plain, slightly-cambered inglebeam bearing similar inscription; stepped window splays to front, modern stair.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as a dated example of a small late C18 vernacular farmhouse.

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II Pont Farchwel
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II Pen-y-Clogwyn
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II* Farchwel
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II Ffynnon-Bedr Cottage
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II Stable and Cart Range at Ffynnon-Bedr
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II Barn at Ffynnon-Bedr
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II Church House
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Tyddyn-Isaf

A Grade II Listed Building in Caerhun, Conwy