Tŷ Mawr, Dingestow

Tŷ Mawr
Type Farm
Location Dingestow, Monmouthshire
Coordinates 51°47′07″N 2°49′00″W / 51.7854°N 2.8166°W / 51.7854; -2.8166Coordinates: 51°47′07″N 2°49′00″W / 51.7854°N 2.8166°W / 51.7854; -2.8166
Built 1640
Architectural style(s) Vernacular
Governing body Privately owned
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Ty Mawr, with attached outbuilding
Designated 19 November 1953
Reference no. 2092
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official name: Gatehouse to Ty Mawr
Designated 19 November 1953
Reference no. 2093
Location of Tŷ Mawr in Monmouthshire

Tŷ Mawr, Dingestow, Monmouthshire is a complex of farm buildings dating from 1640. The farmhouse and attached barn are listed Grade II*. The gatehouse to the farm has a separate Grade II* listing.

History

The Grade II* listed gatehouse of Tŷ Mawr, with a Grade II listed barn attached

The farmhouse was built for Walter Williams, a gentry farmer, circa 1640.[1] The Monmouthshire antiquarian Sir Joseph Bradney noted Tŷ Mawr, meaning Great House, was "once an important residence and estate".[2] He records that the Williams of Ty Mawr were a branch of the Williams family of The Artha at nearby Tregare, and that the last owner of that family, Francis Williams, sold the estate on his appointment as British Consul at Smyrna in the early 18th century.[2]

Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan described it as "a good example of a house built on the traditional "Regional" rectangular plan."[1]

Architecture and description

The architectural historian John Newman describes Tŷ Mawr as "an unusually complete 17th century farm complex."[3] The farmhouse is of stone, with two storeys,[3] and to a "3-cell" plan, with a hall and parlour separated by a pantry.[1] The south gable has a datestone inscribed "Hec domus, facta fuit, per W.W., Anno Domini, 1640."[4] The farmhouse has a Grade II* listing.[1] The gatehouse, which has its own Grade II* listing,[5] is constructed of red brick laid in English bond while the barn attached to the farm is of Flemish bond brick.[3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Good Stuff. "Ty Mawr, with attached outbuilding, Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire". Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  2. 1 2 Bradney 1992, p. 63.
  3. 1 2 3 Newman 2000, pp. 215–6.
  4. ↑ "Listed Buildings – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
  5. ↑ "Listed Buildings – Full Report – HeritageBill Cadw Assets – Reports". Cadwpublic-api.azurewebsites.net. Retrieved 2017-04-16.

References

  • Bradney, Joseph (1992). A History of Monmouthshire: The Hundred of Raglan, Volume 2 Part 1. Academy Books. ISBN 1-873361-15-7.
  • Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. London: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
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