Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tyn Rhos Uchaf
Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Soar, Aberffraw, Isle of Anglesey, designated on 25 November 1998.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 November 1998
- Locality
- Soar
- Community
- Aberffraw
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.21895, -4.42705
- Cadw reference
- 20963
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back from the NW side of a country road c. 500m SW of Soar and c. 4km NE of Aberffraw.
History
Early C19 vernacular farmhouse. A datestone over the doorway is inscribed: 1824 P E.
Exterior
A 2-storey, 2-unit plan farmhouse with shorter service range (dairy/kitchen) to left (SW). Built of rubble masonry, the right (NE) gable return rendered. Roof of small slates with rendered copings and gable stacks; massive stack to service range. Principal elevation a 2-window range with doorway between, openings offset to right (NE); windows are slightly recessed, 4-pane horned sashes with slate sills, doorway is square-headed with a datestone above reading: 1824 P E. Service range to left (SW) with similarly detailed ground floor window, the first floor opening now blocked. The rear elevation has scattered fenestration of varyingly sized 4-pane sash windows, including a central stair window, and a square-headed doorway to the NE end.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of an early C19 farmhouse of a characteristic regional type; retaining its simple vernacular character, including the use of small roofing slates, and sash windows.
Nearby in the register
- Treddafydd IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural range at Tre-Ddafydd-uchaf also known as Tre-Ddafydd-fawrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Stables to NW of Tre-Ddafydd-uchaf also known as Treddafydd-fawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tre-Ddafydd-uchaf also known as Treddafydd-fawrDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.