Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gwar-Coed Farmhouse
Lampeter, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 March 1992
- Locality
- Pentre Bach
- Community
- Lampeter
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.11192, -4.11110
- Cadw reference
- 10454
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated at end of drive of some 700 m length running SW from road, some 1.3 km NW of Pontfaen Bridge.
History
Late C18 or early C19, raised a storey and altered in mid to later C19.
Exterior
Farmhouse in whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof and stone end stacks, large N stack. Two storey, 3-window range set to right with narrow 6-pane sashes above, 12-pane sashes below and centre door. Thin slate sills, window heads probably of brick. Rear outshut behind N end only.
Interior
Interior has heavy beams to ground floor and N end deep fireplaces. Upstairs at mid-height of upper windows are sawn-off ends of original roof trusses.
Reason for designation
Included as good example of farmhouse remodelled in C19, retaining substantial parts of earlier house
Nearby in the register
- Dol-DrementDomesticunder 1 mi
- Falcondale Home FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Former Coach-house to Falcondale HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dolau-Gwyrddon UchafDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.