Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ddolhyfryd Farmhouse
Eglwysbach, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Graig, Eglwysbach, Conwy, designated on 12 November 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 November 1996
- Locality
- Graig
- Community
- Eglwysbach
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.22598, -3.79711
- Cadw reference
- 17568
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 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)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 106 Bangor (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located approximately 100m SE of Bont Newydd and 200m SW of the crossroads at Graig on the S side of the lane running W from Tal-y-Cafn to Graig; accessd via a short farm track from the lane.
Exterior
Early C19 two-storey square farmhouse; of pebbledashed and whitened rubble under a hipped slate roof with deep eaves; plain flanking chimneys. Symmetrical 3-bay facade with recessed central entrance via a late C19 open porch, with flat roof carried on chamfered posts; original 6-panel door (upper 4 now glazed) with rectangular fanlight with intersecting lozenge glazing. Original 16-pane, slightly-recessed sash windows to both floors, with projecting slate cills and exposed slate lintels. Central entrance to rear (farm-facing) elevation with modern, part-glazed door. Late C19 4-pane sashes to the L and a 2-pane late C19 window to the R below an original 12-pane sash. Small 12-pane sash, as before, to E side, with similar, blocked window to L.
Interior
Plain interiors with simple late C19 staircase and fittings.
Reason for designation
A small early C19 farmhouse retaining elegant primary facade.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at Bont NewyddAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box (tel no: 01492 650553) at road junction opposite the former Sun InnCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The PoemCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Old BodnodDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.