Llanfair-fach House
| Llanfair-fach House | |
|---|---|
  Location of Llanfair-fach House in Cardiff | |
| Type | House |
| Location | Capel Llaniltern, Cardiff, Glamorgan |
| Coordinates | 51°30′18″N 3°18′02″W / 51.5049°N 3.3005°W |
| Built | 17th century |
| Architectural style(s) | Vernacular |
| Owner | Privately owned |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Llanfair-fach House |
| Designated | 11 May 1995 |
| Reference no. | 11707 |
Llanfair-fach House is a house with 17th century origins, close to Capel Llaniltern in the community of St Fagans, Cardiff, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building.
History
Llanfair-fach lies to the north-west of Cardiff, near to the hamlet of Capel Llaniltern in the community of St Fagans.[1] The house dates from the early 17th century.[2] In 1670 it was recorded as a "tenement in the parish of St Fagan".[3] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales undertook an internal survey in 1995,[2] and holds a large collection of photographs taken at that time in its Coflein archive.[1]
Architecture and description
The building is of two storeys and built to a cross-passage plan.[2] The construction material is local rubble under a Welsh slate roof.[2] The architectural historian John Newman, in his Glamorgan volume of the Buildings of Wales, noted the "status-giving porch".[4] Peter Smith, in his study, Houses of the Welsh Countryside, records that access to the upper-floor was by way of a staircase next to the hall fireplace.[5] Cadw lists the house at Grade II* as "an important gentry house with much surviving detail".[2]
References
- ^ a b "Llanfair-fach House (19165)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Cadw. "Llanfair-fach House (Grade II*) (11707)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ "Cardiff Records: Schedule of place names: G - M: Llanfair-fach (Little St Mary)". British History online. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ Newman 1995, p. 180.
- ^ Smith 1988, p. 477.
Sources
- Newman, John (1995). Glamorgan. The Buildings of Wales. London, UK: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-140-71056-4. OCLC 33858574.
- Smith, Peter (1988). Houses of the Welsh Countryside. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 978-0-113-00012-8.