Little Llwygy Farmhouse,

Cwmyoy Cwmyoy is an extensive rural parish in Monmouthshire, Wales ( cy, Cwm Iou for the valley and parish, cy, Cwm-iou for the village). The standard Welsh name is ''Cwm Iau'' or ''Cwm-iau''. In the Gwentian dialect of Welsh that was spoken here until ...

, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a farmhouse of two building dates, the earlier of the 15th century, the latter of the 17th. The farmhouse is a

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History

The origin of the farmhouse is late-

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, possibly the early 15th century. In their three-volume history, ''

Monmouthshire Houses ''Monmouthshire Houses: A Study of Building Techniques and Smaller House-Plans in the Fifteenth to Seventeenth Centuries'' is a study of buildings within the county of Monmouthshire written by Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan and published by the Na ...

'', Sir Cyril Fox and

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described it as "the only example of a mediaeval one-roomed house open to the roof in Monmouthshire". The building was extended in the 17th century, possibly around 1610, by the construction of a larger, two-storey, block.

Coflein The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW; cy, Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru; ), established in 1908, is a Welsh Government sponsored body concerned with some aspects of the archaeological, architectura ...

suggests that the original wing was demoted to the status of a

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at this time. The farmhouse was listed

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in 1956. In 2012, the house was on the market for £425,000.

Architecture and description

John Newman, in his ''Gwent/Monmouthshire'' volume of the Pevsner Buildings of Wales series, describes Little Llwygy’s setting; “high up and lonely on the hillside”. The earlier block consists of a single room, constructed in stone. It contains a "splendid" fireplace. This structure is now used for storage. The 16th century extension, also in

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, is two-storeyed with an attic.

Notes

References

* {{Cite book , last=Newman, first=John , author-link=John Newman (architectural historian) , series=The Buildings of Wales , title=Gwent/Monmouthshire , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&dq=The+Buildings+of+Wales%3A+Gwent%2FMonmouthshire&pg=PA2 , year=2000 , publisher=Penguin , location=London , isbn=0-14-071053-1

External links

RCAHMW/Coflein photographic record of the house
Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire Farmhouses in Wales Houses in Monmouthshire Grade II* listed houses in Wales