Faenol-bach with Domestic Boundary Walls is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 September 1951. A Post-medieval Farmhouse.
Faenol-bach with Domestic Boundary Walls
- WRENN ID
- half-ember-rowan
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 24 September 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Post-medieval
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a 2-storey, L-shaped farmhouse constructed primarily of axe-dressed, informally coursed local limestone with traces of render, and covered by slate roofs. All gables are stepped. The building shows group value due to its significant contribution to the landscape and an evident early design.
The original section of the farmhouse runs east to west and features two lateral chimneys and an end chimney above the western gable. A lean-to addition is present on the east side. The house incorporates a cross passage; the north doorway has cyclopean stonework including a round arch, while the south doorway retains some original lower stones in similar stonework. The north elevation of this original section has a 12-pane sash window and a 9-pane, hornless, unequal sash window above, situated on either side of the doorway. Below are two 9-pane windows, one to the left of the doorway and another within the lean-to.
A later range extends north, with a small western wing, and exhibits a lateral chimney to the west and a corner chimney in the northwest. Its east elevation features two stepped-gable through-eaves dormer windows with 24-pane hornless sash windows, with another similar window below the eaves. Two 3-light stone mullion and transom windows are located below (one is blocked), a small 2-light stone mullion window sits to the right, and a door with an elliptically arched lintel is to the left. An upper window in the north return elevation is also a stone mullion and transom window.
On the garden side of the house, the south elevation of the earlier range has modern replacement windows and a decorative flat-roofed sun-shade with stone side walls and timber posts. The west elevation of the north wing is characterised by two stepped gables and a lateral chimney, with all windows replaced.
To the north of the house, a lawn area is distinct from the farmyard and enclosed by uncoursed stone walls on both the north and south sides.
The earliest range follows a 3-unit cross-passage plan, with a large lateral main chimney on the north side of the central hall. Inside, a fine oak partition with guilloche decoration is present on the main timbers. An inscription reads "Yn Enw Duw Anno Domini 1571 Anno Mundi 5531 Vincis." A door recently inserted into this partition, and an adjacent salvaged door originating from a local bank, share a similar style which suggests they may be original to the house. The ceiling features stop-chamfered beams and joists.
A date, 1627, is formed in raised ceiling plaster in the north bedroom of the north wing. The staircase in this wing is designed as grand stairs on a small scale, with a wide lower flight and symmetrical upper flights to the left and right.
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