Rhydorddwy Fawr Farmhouse, Rhyl, Denbighshire

Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3202 / 53°19'12"N

Longitude: -3.4444 / 3°26'39"W

OS Eastings: 303881

OS Northings: 381331

OS Grid: SJ038813

Mapcode National: GBR 4ZD1.3J

Mapcode Global: WH768.2T22

Plus Code: 9C5R8HC4+36

Entry Name: Rhydorddwy Fawr Farmhouse

Listing Date: 10 November 1994

Last Amended: 10 November 1994

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 14983

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300014983

Location: Approx. 3km NE of Rhuddlan, on the road that runs between Rhyl and Dyserth.

County: Denbighshire

Community: Rhyl (Y Rhyl)

Community: Rhyl

Built-Up Area: Rhyl

Traditional County: Flintshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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History

Farmhouse built c1830.

Exterior

Flemish bond brickwork on tooled stone plinth, with hipped slate roof with pronounced overhang. 2 end-wall stacks to either side, with octagonal shafts above dentilled bases. 2 storeys and basement to rear, 3-window range with central entrance, in slightly recessed central bay. Doorway raised up semi-circular stone steps; 6-panelled door with side lights and lozenge glazing to overlight with some coloured glass; plain stone lintel over. Flanking windows are canted bays with wide 12-pane hornless sashes and moulded stone cornices. Upper windows are 12-pane hornless sashes with flat arched stone heads and continuous sill band. Round-arched stair window in W return elevation. 3 xl2-pane sash windows on each floor in rear elevation, and basement storey with wide 24 and 20-pane sash windows. The basement is enclosed in an area with stone walls surmounted by ornate cast-iron spear head railings. To either side of the entrance front, a single storey flat roofed pavilion wing, and stone faced garden walls beyond.

Reasons for Listing

An excellent example of a substantial farmhouse of the mid C19 which forms an important group with its associated farm buildings, the whole forming a planned farmstead of considerable architectural quality.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Detached outbuilding in the farmyard at Rhydorddwy Fawr Farm
At the SE side of the farmyard at Rhydorddwy Fawr Farm.
II Farmbuildings at Rhydorrdwy Fawr Farm
Approx. 2km NE of Rhuddlan, on the road that runs between Rhyl and Dyserth, to the rear of the farmhouse at Rhydorddwy Fawr.
II Rhydorddwy Goch Farmhouse
Approx. 3km NE of Rhuddlan, off the road that runs between Dyserth and Rhyl.
II Rhyd-Wen Farmhouse
On the road that runs from Rhyl to Dyserth, close to the boundary of Rhyl Community, approx. 3km NE of Rhuddlan.
II West Range of Farm Buildings at Pydew Farm
About 30 m north-west of Pydew Farmhouse
II Old Farmhouse at Pydew Farm
At N end of Pydew Farmyard.
II North Range of Farm Buildings at Pydew Farm
About 60 m north-north-west of Pydew Farmhouse.
II Pydew Farmhouse
About 1 km north-east of the B5119 Rhyl to Dyserth road, reached by a minor road and a farm lane. The farmhouse forms the S side of a large farmyard.

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Rhydorddwy Fawr Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Rhyl, Denbighshire