Twmp Farmhouse

Cadw's description

Location

Situated some 2 km ESE of Llantrissent, on hill slope E of lane to Pencaemawr.

History

Later C16 2-room plan smaller house with panel partition and stepped hollow stops to beam chamfers, typical of the late C16 to early C17. More unusually entry is into the smaller room and there are 2 upper cruck trusses. Addition at right may have been C18 outbuilding. All windows and doors C20. Marked on 1840 Tithe Map as owned by James Hardwick, occupied by James Pitt with 107 acres (43.3 hectares).

Exterior

Farmhouse, painted rubble stone with concrete pantiles to roofs. Two storeys. Two sections, older part to left has C20 small brick left end stack. First floor C20 centre window with spur of cruck projecting to left and right. Window appears further left than that illustrated in Fox & Raglan. Ground floor has C20 3-light window with cambered head to centre and lean-to porch to right with concrete tiles. Porch was originally open-fronted, now enclosed with door and side lights.
Lower wing to right has C20 3-light window to left above C20 window, C20 lean-to right with door.
Attached to left end is lower outbuilding with slate roof, whitewashed rubble front, centre door and window each side. Various timber lintels indicate altered openings. Tall lean-to on end with roof higher than outbuilding end gable, monopitch against rubble wall.
Garden front has C20 casement windows under eaves centre and left, cruck spurs visible to right of centre window and to left. Tiny stair light to extreme right, at mid height. Ground floor centre C20 casement pair and 2 C20 windows left. Lower range to left has side wall rebuilt brick stack, C20 window extreme right and 2 casement pairs left, one with cambered head.

Interior

Old part of house has chamfered post-and-panel partition with 6 posts. Tudor arched door each end, original Tudor head of one door was noted as existing but ex situ in 1980. Beams are chamfered with stepped run-out stops. Cyclopean single stone hearth lintel, some 3'6'' (1.06 metres) high, and chamfered jambs. Spiral stone stair to right. Two upper cruck trusses 7'5'' (2.26 metres) apart, rising 3'6'' (1.06 metres) vertically to rounded angle, with visible spur ties. Collars 7'9'' (2.36 metres) above floor in room 19'4'' (5.89 metres) broad.
Added part of house has heavy beam in kitchen.

Reason for designation

Included notwithstanding alteration to detail as a substantially intact late C16 farmhouse with upper cruck trusses and post-and-panel screen.