Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dyffryn Elwy
Llanfair Talhaiarn, Conwy, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 July 1998
- Locality
- Llanfair Talhaiarn
- Community
- Llanfair Talhaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Conwy
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21955, -3.61092
- Cadw reference
- 20156
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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
Set back from the main road approximately 0.5 km NW of the village centre on the N side of the river Elwy; behind a hedged front garden.
History
Late Regency/early Victorian 2-storey villa of c1835, with C20 addition to the SE.
Exterior
Of rubble construction with original graded, shallow-pitched, hipped slate roof with lead flashings and oversailing eaves; 2 plain chimneys with simple cornicing and Victorian chimney pots. Three-bay facade with raised ground floor and central entrance; this has a single-storey flat-roofed porch, accessed via a flight of steps from the garden, with square supporting corner posts and simple moulded entablature. Original 6-panel door (lower 2 blind) with rectangular multi-pane fanlight. Both ground and first floors retain their original, slightly-recessed 12-pane unhorned sashes with fanned slate-stone lintels and projecting sills. A lower, wide gabled service wing adjoins to the rear with further 12-pane original sashes and a later C19 4-pane sash to the W side; to the E are12-pane sashes to the first floor with later C19 paired 4-pane sashes to the ground floor. A single-storey hipped-roofed modern extension adjoins to the SE.
Interior
The interior was not inspected at the time of survey.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as an imposing second-quarter C19 house with well-preserved external character in a prominent road-side position.
Group value with Elwy Cottage.
Nearby in the register
- Elwy CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- MilestoneTransportunder 1 mi
- Llanfair BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Old SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.