Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Crow's Nest, No 4 The Cross
Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 November 1997
- Locality
- Clarach
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Tirymynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.43570, -4.05827
- Cadw reference
- 19065
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Third cottage W of crossroads in row of three on the NW side of the cross-roads at Clarach.
History
Earlier C 19 cottage, once owned by the Cwmcynfelin estate. The row is shown on the Tithe Map of 1847, but not on the O.S. map of 1823.
Exterior
Small, one and a half storey croglofft cottage, with white-painted random-rubble walls. Roof has small slates, with flush eaves, and a stone end-chimney, shared with No 3, with deep flaunching over. S front has boarded door slightly right of centre, with wall-plate lintel over. Small 2-light casement to left, larger window to right of door with inset small 1-2-1-light bay window, both windows C20. Small roof-light on left side of roof, another above door.
Interior
Small inner lobby, with narrow railed stair on left side, leading to low croglofft bedroom. Ledged door into kitchen/living room, with flag-stone floor. Roof over is open up to level of truss collar. Roof above has 2 adzed oak collar-trusses, with pegged joints and low tie-beams. Stone chimney in E wall, with early C20 open fire-grate. Ledged door into parlour, presently a bedroom. Croglofft bedroom is over parlour, former open front and ladder, now replaced by lobby stair. Ledged door to rear outshut with kitchen and bath-room.
Reason for designation
A surviving croglofft cottage, retaining early plan and much of its original fabric. Group value as part of a row of 3 traditional lofted cottages.
Nearby in the register
- No 3 The CrossDomesticunder 1 mi
- No 2 The CrossDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of All SaintsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Pont LlangorwenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.