Plas Watford is a Grade II listed building in the Caerphilly local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 February 1999. House.
Plas Watford
- WRENN ID
- last-pinnacle-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1999
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Plas Watford is a three-unit building with a lobby-entry plan, dating back to the 16th to 18th centuries, extended in the 19th century. It presents as a range of one storey and an attic, with a steeply pitched stone-tiled roof, to which is attached a higher, two-storey range from the 19th century and a long wing also added in the 19th century, creating an L-shaped layout. The exterior is rough-cast and whitened with light timber banding and a renewed stone plinth. The rear of the 19th-century wing is of rubble stone, likely reflecting its original service role. 20th-century red brick stacks are visible. Most windows are 19th-century 2- or 3-light casements with quarries under flat heads, some featuring corbelled sills and swept hoodmolds.
The original 16th to 18th century range has a gabled porch to the left of centre, with quoins and a stone-tiled roof, enclosing a panelled door. To the right of the door are two 12-pane horned sashes, and a 2-light window to the left. The attic storey has two raking half dormers, one featuring a canted bay window, and a third window to the left beneath the eaves. The higher 19th-century range has two end stacks, a central 3-light window with decorative lead glazing, and a 2-light window to the upper right. The west gable end has a window to the right, and a blocked window above.
The rear of the original range has a hipped roof to the left end. A cupola, housing a bell surmounted by a weather vane, rises from the eaves at the external angle where the original range and the 19th-century wing meet, likely related to former stables. A gabled porch leads to half-glazed double doors. There is a four-light window to the left, then a 2-light window, and a 3-light window to the right of the door. The attic features a raked half dormer with a 12-pane horned sash on the far right, and a single stair-light. Further 2-light windows are arranged to the left. The rear of the high 19th-century range has paired horned 12-pane sashes to the upper storey and half-lit French doors to the lower level, flanked by single windows.
The long eastern wing is two-storey, with irregularly placed windows of various sizes, largely from the 20th century. The front (west) has four windows to the upper storey and three below. A lean-to porch is located at the rear, and five windows are present on the upper storey.
The original 16th-century hall occupies the left (west) side of the front entrance. It retains deeply chamfered cross beams with pyramid stops, along with similarly treated joists. The room is partially panelled. A rebuilt 19th to 20th century arched stone fireplace is set into the west wall, containing a cast iron fireback inscribed "Thomas and Mary Price 1750". The staircase is located in the northeast angle, featuring turned balusters and square newels. Deeply splayed, wood-panelled window reveals are present. A doorway leads west into a fully panelled room, renewed in the late 20th century. To the right of the front entrance is a passage, leading to two rooms dating from the 18th century. These rooms feature spine beams with thin chamfers. The central room has a contemporary stone fireplace, whilst the easternmost room functions as a kitchen. A doorway has been added to the north.
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