Croes-heolydd

Cadw's description

Location

Situated in farm land some 1.5km SW of the centre of Bassaleg.

History

House probably of later C17, altered. There were stone tiles in part to the rear and a massive square stack rising from rear eaves at time of previous listing, now gone.

Exterior

House, painted render with slate roof and one brick ridge stack. Two-storey, 4-bay front with 2-storey gabled porch in third bay. C20 15-pane windows throughout. Porch has stone voussoirs to segmental opening. Within is square-headed oak doorway with plank door, and there are blocked tiny windows to each side wall of porch. Exposed at right end of ground floor is a small blocked C17 ovolo-moulded oak window and some of the original roughcast. Left end wall has C20 attic and first floor windows. Right end wall has attic casement-pair, 2 C20 small windows to first floor and C20 12-pane sashes to ground floor. Two-storey rear stair wing with corbelled external chimneybreast, stack removed. First floor C20 9-pane window. Lean-tos each side, 2-storey rubble stone lean-to to right with 2 casement-pair windows above, C20 ground floor window with concrete lintel and C20 porch. Lower lean-to to left projects beyond stair gable with C20 long horizontal window.

Interior

Interior altered, ground floor partitions removed. In stair projection is broad c. 1660 staircase in 2 flights with heavy moulded rail, turned balusters and square newels with ball finials.

Reason for designation

Included despite alterations to exterior as later C17 house with good staircase.