Llawr Cilan Farmhouse

Cadw's description

Location

Located approx 1.5km W of Llandrillo, set down between the road and the River Dee. The house faces E.

History

Georgian farmhouse, probably late C18. Ornate brick chimney stacks were added during the Victorian period.

Exterior

Symmetrical 3-window house, of 2 storeys with attics; lower wing links with a cart-shed to L. Constructed of random stone, stuccoed to front and S gable, under slate roofs with boarded eaves. Central brick ridge stack with 6 diagonally-set shafts. Central doorway with triangular wooden pediment and panelled reveals; inset panelled door, overlight with margin glazing. The windows flanking entrance and to 1st floor are 16-pane hornless sashes with flat heads and moulded sills. Attic storey has 2 gabled half-dormers with hornless 4-over-8-pane sashes. The rear has a boarded door with stone lintel to far R. To its L is a large C20 metal-framed window with concrete lintel. Two x 2-light metal-framed windows with large stone lintels to 1st floor, both offset to R. Central gabled half-dormer to attic. To the L is a wing at right angles, single-storey with loft. It has a half-glazed door to gable end, with boarded loft door above, possibly for a granary. S side of wing has 2 small C20 windows; N side has metal-framed window offset to L. North gable end of house has boarded door to R, under an open porch which wraps around NW angle of building. It has a hipped slate-covered roof carried on posts. To L of porch is a 3-light metal-framed window. Similar windows with stone lintels to 1st floor and attic, offset to R.

Lower wing to L of house is of one-and-a-half storeys, with adjoining cart-shed range at right angles. Front of wing has a C20 large-paned window to each storey; cart-shed has 2-light C20 window to gable. South side of cart-shed range is of random rubble on boulder footings, and has 2 cart bays with large timber lintels. To rear, W gable end of cart shed is advanced, with boarded door to L and opening to upper storey, covered by corrugated plastic sheeting. Rear of wing has central lateral brick stack, on a stone base, with 2 diagonally-set shafts. Metal-framed windows to each storey flanking stack, as main house, with concrete lintels to L and stone lintels to R. These are 2-light except for lower L window which is 3-light.

Interior

No access to interior at time of inspection.

Reason for designation

Listed as a fine Georgian farmhouse with good detail.