Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn Cwnin Farmhouse
Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, designated on 10 November 1994.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 November 1994
- Community
- Rhuddlan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.30515, -3.45737
- Cadw reference
- 14990
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesNational Library of ScotlandDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 95 Rhyl (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1963 · Map No. 36 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)
Cadw's description
Location
At the end of Pentre Lane, approx. 2km NE of Rhuddlan.
History
The farmhouse was built c1820, although fragments of earlier buildings nearby suggest that the farm itself had been established well before that time.
Exterior
Brick with hipped slate roof, with axial stacks. 2 storeys, square in plan. Entrance front faces N: 3-window range with central entrance hall. 8-panelled door (modified by the insertion of glazing into 2 panels) in architrave with long brackets carrying entablature hood, set in segmental archway. 16-pane hornless sashes with stone sills and flat arched stone heads. Dentilled eaves band. W elevation articulated by 2 full-height recessed arches, which have wide 4-pane sash windows with flat arched gauged brick heads on each floor. S elevation has advanced pedimented central bay (the pediment surmounted by a chimney), and 12-pane sash windows which are set at varying heights to ground floor; continuous sill band to first floor, and 1 blind window to left.
Reason for designation
A well-detailed example of a substantial early C19 farmhouse, with a distinctive architectural character. It forms part of an almost intact farmstead, with the farmbuildings which face it across a yard
Nearby in the register
- L-Plan Range of Farmbuildings at Bryn Cwnin FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Attached outbuildings to Pont Faen FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pont Faen FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Detached Outbuilding at Pont Faen FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.