Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty-derwen (aka Oaklands)
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Ruthin, Denbighshire, designated on 19 May 2001.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 May 2001
- Locality
- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
- Town
- Ruthin
- Community
- Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.09240, -3.28514
- Cadw reference
- 25226
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
½km north of Garthgynan.
History
Built c1850.
Exterior
Two storey house facing south to farmland and with its rear to the road. The front is in axe-dressed local limestone, the sides and rear are in rubble masonry. Two rear wings. Slate roof with end-chimneys to the main range and to the rear wings: the chimneys are all with paired square limestone shafts re-united at cornice level.
The front elevation is a symmetrical range of three windows with a central door. The windows are all of hornless sash type with 12 panes. The sills of the upper windows are continued across as a string course, but this does not return at the sides. Four-panel semi-glazed door with a small overlight incorporating margin glazing. The left (west) elevation of the main range has single similar windows, and the right (east) side elevation has a 12-pane window above and a four-pane window below.
At each side the rear wing is slightly set in. The west wing has a 16-pane window above and below. The east side has a 12-pane window above and below in the first part, then under a lower roof a 12-pane window above a door and small window, and two single storey sheds.
Reason for designation
A gentleman's house of the mid C19 which has fully retained its character.
Nearby in the register
- Plas-newydd HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Walled Garden at Plas-newyddDomesticunder 1 mi
- Agricultural Range at Plas-newyddAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Livestock Shelter with Crewyard at Plas-newyddAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.