Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Potato Store/Root House at Hendre Arddwyfaen
Llangwm, Conwy, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Arddwyfaen, Llangwm, Conwy, designated on 1 April 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1998
- Locality
- Arddwyfaen
- Community
- Llangwm
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.00753, -3.54876
- Cadw reference
- 19596
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 120 Corwen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The potato store or root house stands opposite the W corner of the farmhouse, on the opposite side of the Llanfihangel road.
History
A very simple structure of indeterminate date, possibly C17 or later.
Exterior
The potato store or root house consists of a segmentally vaulted partly rock cut chamber built into the rocky outcrop opposite the corner of the farmhouse. It measures 2.1m x 2.1m and is 1.54m to the crown of the shallow barrel vault. The back is rock cut, the front having a single door opening.
Reason for designation
Included as an unusual structure, of group value with the listed farmhouse and farm buildings at Hendre Arddwyfaen.
Nearby in the register
- Hendre ArddwyfaenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm Buildings NE of Hendre ArddwyfaenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Carthouse in farmyard NE of Hendre ArddwyfaenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pont ArddwyfaenTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.