Pen Ucha Dre is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of Glamorgan local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 July 1963. Villa.
Pen Ucha Dre
- WRENN ID
- sharp-solder-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 July 1963
- Type
- Villa
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a long, five-window, two-storey building with a rear wing, dating from the 16th century with later alterations. The main range is constructed of rubble stone, with a slate roof, and rendered to the front (east) and south gable end. It features external masonry stacks to the south and north, and a ridge stack right of centre. A two-storey gabled porch is located to the left of centre, constructed of rubble stone with raised coping supported on kneelers. The porch entrance has a Tudor arch with a square hoodmould and a 20th-century boarded door. Above this entrance is a mullioned window with a square hoodmould, containing two round-headed lights in hollow-chamfered openings. Small, round-headed side-lights, now blocked, are present on each storey of the porch. The upper storey of the main range has one window to the left of the porch and three to the right, all 3-over-6 pane horned sash windows with square heads and stone sills. The ground floor mirrors this arrangement, with one window to the left and two to the right, placed asymmetrically; the window immediately to the right of the porch is 16-pane, while the others match the windows elsewhere.
The south gable end features a 20th-century four-pane window in the loft to the left of the stack. The north gable end has a similar 20th-century window in a red brick surround to the right of the stack on the first floor, and a small lean-to below with a corrugated roof and a boarded door with brick dressing. To the rear, a staircase projection extends from the northwest angle of the main range and wing. A round-headed stairlight is found within a hollow-chamfered opening, similar to that on the first floor of the porch. To the left of the staircase projection is a boarded door, with a 20th-century window and a four-pane sash above. A projection in the southwest angle of the main range and wing has a sloping roof supported by corbels; this is a remnant of the original 16th-century roofline.
The rear wing is divided into two parts, with the eastern range being higher. The south side of the eastern range has a three-light PVC window on the upper storey and a small, offset light below. The north side of the eastern range features two similar windows on the upper storey and a two-light window below, with a 20th-century porch to the right. The western range has no openings on the south side or west gable end, but the walls curve at the southwest angle due to the presence of bakeovens. The north side of the western range has a two-light casement on each storey, alongside a small projecting wing with a blocked window in its gable end, set within a yellow brick head.
The interior has been modernised. The porch leads into the former hall, which retains its original plan, though the fireplace is partially blocked. The former fireplace staircase area is now a cupboard. A dressed stone doorway with a two-centred arched head survives on the first floor; this would have led to the head of the fireplace stairs.
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