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Latitude: 51.5987 / 51°35'55"N
Longitude: -3.6492 / 3°38'57"W
OS Eastings: 285865
OS Northings: 190156
OS Grid: SS858901
Mapcode National: GBR H9.BGSS
Mapcode Global: VH5H3.P2NT
Plus Code: 9C3RH9X2+F8
Entry Name: Llwydarth farmhouse
Listing Date: 27 October 1963
Last Amended: 14 July 1997
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 11256
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300011256
Location: The farmhouse is set on a steep hill, with access by farm track directly off the A4063 Maesteg to Bridgend Road.
County: Bridgend
Town: Maesteg
Community: Maesteg
Community: Maesteg
Locality: Llwydarth
Built-Up Area: Maesteg
Traditional County: Glamorgan
Tagged with: Farmhouse
Originally built in the C16 and altered in the C17. Noted by Rice Merrick as 'dwelling house of Thomas ap Hywel ap John Coch, by him built'. His son, Antony Powel was steward to Sir Thomas Mansel in 1605. The bard, Dafydd Benwyn recorded the unstinting generosity of the Llwydarth family.
Built of rubble stone and limewashed. Slate roof, with local sandstone peg slates on the porch. Two bays, low gabled porch with open outer door and timber lintel. C19 two-light paned casement timber windows, but one small C17 oak window at the rear. Large central and left gable stack. Later lean-to extnsions to the rear, linking with the C17 bakehouse at the NE corner, and a further extension at right angles of c.1980.
The porch leads to a cross passage behind the main axial stack. Kitchen to the left, with a large gable stack, and hall of 3 ceiling bays to the right. Stair, originally behind the stack, now in the passage, the former post and panel partition dividing off the kitchen from the passage is evidenced by a groove in the ceiling beam. The kitchen stack has a side oven. The hall fireplace has chamfered ashlar jambs damaged by later modifications, with heart-shaped chamfer stops. Chamfered ceiling beams and cross joists, with broach stops. The rear door also has moulded double-hollow chamfer stone jambs with decorative stops. Two visible roof trusses with curved footed principals linked by a collar and carrying 3 tiers of purlins. Later extensions to the rear link with the C17 external bakehouse, which has a bread oven, perhaps a later insertion, and altered openings. Detached stones on the site indicate that the original sandstone windows were of up to 3 bays, arch headed and hollow chamferd mullions, and had a close set label with square dropped terminals.
Included at II* as an exceptionally well preserved example of a C16 Glamorgan farmhouse, with a detached bakehouse.
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