Lower Trebert

SO 27 NE LLANFAIR WATERDINE C.P. -

9/205 Lower Trebert - - II

Farmhouse, now divided. C14 or early C15, with late C16 or C17 alterations, remodelled in mid-to-late C19, and further altered in mid-C20. Timber framed, of cruck construction; walls rebuilt and eaves raised in coursed limestone rubble, partly removed in mid-C20 and render substituted; slate roof with catslide over outshut to rear. 2 ½ framed bays, aligned north- east/south-west, remains of former hall house. One storey and attic. End stack to left and brick ridge stack off-centre to right. 3-window front; C20 two- and 3-light metal casements, 3 gabled semi-dormers; ground floor windows alternating with 2 boarded doors. Interior: 3 full cruck trusses; former open hall truss to north-east with moulded blades and collar, cusped arch-braces, cusped V-struts and Alcock apex-type L2 with curved yoke; smoke blackening; probably late C16 or Cl7 inserted floor and stack in 2 bays to north-east; large open fireplace in ground floor room to left with roll-moulded lintel. Right-hand end derelict at time of resurvey (November 1984). Alcock, Pp.96 and 114.

Listing NGR: SO2565075758