Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rhyd-y-marchogion Farmhouse with attached cartshed range and garden wall
Llanelidan, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 21 March 2001
- Locality
- Rhyd-y-marchogion
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Llanelidan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.04561, -3.30695
- Cadw reference
- 24988
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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
Facing road junction, ½ km south west of Rhyd-y-meudwy hamlet and 2 km east of Llanelidan church. Stone walls to front and to farmyard.
History
C18 farmhouse with C19 attached cartsheds.
Exterior
A farmhouse of vernacular character in local rubble masonry facing north, cream-painted, with slate roof, tile ridge and brick end-chimney stacks. Similar rear service wing with brick end-chimney stack. Small modern porch at front centrally. The front elevation is a very nearly symmetrical three-window range with timber casements, brick segmental arches including to the windows at eaves, brick sills. Additional lean-to single storey part against the right (west) gable wall, in similar materials.
The cartshed range is attached corner to corner to the rear service wing of the house, and is built in limestone rubble. Two large elliptical cartshed openings to front each with a loft opening centrally above; single door and window to shed, probably a stable, to right. Stairs against left gable wall giving access to the loft doorway.
The house faces a garden walled separately from the farmyard; rubble limestone wall with river-worn stones as a rustic coping. Iron gate.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
A good farmhouse of late vernacular character, which, with its attached cartshed range, forms part of an intact farmstead group.
Nearby in the register
- Rhyd-y-marchogion farmyard groupAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- 1 Capel Wesley (Cottage attached to Seion Chapel)Domesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Capel Wesley (Cottage attached to Seion Chapel)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Seion Wesleyan Methodist Chapel including forecourt wall with railingsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.