Bach-y-graig Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 September 1951. A Post-Medieval Farmhouse.

Bach-y-graig Farmhouse

WRENN ID
still-timber-rain
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 September 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Bach-y-graig Farmhouse, Tremeirchion
OS grid reference
SJ 075 712
Coordinates
53.23036, -3.38685
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bach-y-graig Farmhouse is an L-shaped farmhouse, likely dating to the 18th or early 19th century, with a main range to the west and a south range. The house is constructed of brickwork decorated with decayed horizontal bands of stucco, covered by slate roofs and featuring brick chimneys. A plinth rises 1 to 1.5 metres high.

The west elevation, now the front of the house, retains elements of its original symmetry despite later alterations. It is a four-window range with an advancing bay to the right. Much of the original brickwork is visible. Original 18th- or early 19th-century sash windows are set in exposed frames, although their positions have been altered, and have stone sills and stone drip moulds over the lintels. A tall archway, originally with an ashlar arch, is now filled with brickwork and contains a modern semi-glazed door with stone steps. A small modern circular window has been inserted into the angle of the advancing bay, and a single upper sash window is present in the return wall. The east-facing elevation, which looks onto the yard, also retains much original brickwork, although window positions have been altered, with three modern upper windows and one lower window. A string-course runs at mid height, passing over the rear arch of the original archway. A door is located on the right side, above a lintel of pediment form decorated with strapwork and bearing the date 1567.

The north gable of the west wing has been rebuilt using reclaimed bricks in English Garden Wall Bond and incorporates a tall chimney stack.

The west range returns one bay to the east, adjoining a six-bay range which is thought to have been a warehouse. This warehouse features a Tuscan loggia facing the yard, with stone columns on tall plinths, an oak continuous architrave, and a stone cornice. The lower storey of the loggia is now bricked-in and has modern windows or doors. The loggia cornice aligns with the string course of the yard elevation of the main house. The brickwork of the upper storey is original. It contains five window positions and one door position, the latter beneath a small gable containing a hoisting beam. The door has been replaced by a six-pane window. The window and door openings are surrounded by unbonded brickwork jambs and arches, with stone imposts and keys. On the rear (south) elevation, two original stone windows with mullions survive, along with one lacking its mullion, and one original elliptical-headed doorway.

The east side of the yard, which was the site of the original house, is now occupied by 20th-century farm buildings.

Inside the west range, now the principal part of the farmhouse, a living room features reused wainscot and a fireplace with a large bolection moulding in timber.

Local climate

Bach-y-graig Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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