Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
North Moel-Y-Garth Farmhouse
Guilsfield, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1995
- Locality
- Groes-Lwyd
- Community
- Guilsfield
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.68745, -3.18135
- Cadw reference
- 15806
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a platform site on the south slope of the valley of the Guilsfield Brook, above Coed-y-garth Farm, with access track from the A490, immediately S of Groes-lwyd crossroads.
History
Farmhouse, C17. Timber framed with slate roof, half-hipped at one end. One storey and attic. Type C, lobby entry plan, with 1-bay chamber with granary over forming a wing behind the axial stack. Narrow kitchen bay behind stack and brick lean-to.
Exterior
Framing 3 panels high, infilled with wattle and daub, the top plate moulded under the eaves. Paned timber windows, and raking dormer to first floor. The framing is raised on a stone substructure at the NE end, with gable door to a cellar room. Gable has principal rafters with double tier of purlins and raking struts. Stack rebuilt in brick above the roof. Gabled porch supported on brackets, with ball pendants. Boarded door.
Interior
Interior not accessible at time of inspection (Nov 1994). Chamfered cross beams to main living hall, and stair in inner room.
Reason for designation
Included as a complete and largely unaltered structure of the C17, with unusually heavy framing and moulded wallplate.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at Park FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Park FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm Buildings at Garth Farm and Heylin FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Walled Garden at Garth Farm and Heylin FarmGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.