Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llys Isfryn Farmhouse
Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Meliden, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, designated on 19 June 1950.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 June 1950
- Locality
- Meliden
- Town
- Prestatyn
- Community
- Prestatyn
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.32159, -3.40970
- Cadw reference
- 1425
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1885 · OS One-Inch (Hills) 1885-1903 (National Library of Scotland)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1930 · OS Popular Edition 1919-1947 (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
In Llys farmyard about 300 m to the north east of Ffordd Penrhwylfa and 200 m west of Meliden Road.
History
The Llys farmhouse occupies the site of an early episcopal palace in which Edward I is reputed to have held a conclave. The house is probably of the late C16, retaining a round-arched doorway and and arch-braced roof. At the rear there is a three-light mullioned window. The exterior generally has roughcast and whitewash of the C19.
Exterior
Roughcast and whitewashed house of two storeys at the corner of a farmyard group. A three-light mullioned window is said to survive at the rear.
This house was not surveyed due to foot-and-mouth disease restrictions.
Interior
Said to contain good ceiling beams and an arch-braced roof.
Reason for designation
Listed as a house retaining significant C16 detail.
Nearby in the register
- Prestatyn Roman SiteSettlementunder 1 mi
- The PrioryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St MelydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lychgate at Church of St MelydReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.