Bettws-y-Crwyn is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains six listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish is almost entirely rural, and the listed buildings consist of a church, a tomb in the churchyard, three farmhouses and a farm building.
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| Grade | Criteria |
|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
Buildings
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Church 52°25′28″N 3°10′09″W / 52.42451°N 3.16929°W / 52.42451; -3.16929 (St Mary's Church) |
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Late 13th or 14th century | The church was restored in 1860, when the chancel was rebuilt. It is built in limestone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch, and a chancel. At the west end is a turret with a gabled bellcote. The windows on the sides of the church are lancets, and the three-light east window is in Perpendicular style. | II* |
| Moor Hall 52°25′43″N 3°09′18″W / 52.42861°N 3.15501°W / 52.42861; -3.15501 (Moor Hall) |
— | 16th or 17th century | A farmhouse that was altered and extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is basically timber framed, and refaced or rebuilt and extended in limestone, partly rendered, with a roof of slate and corrugated asbestos. The house has a U-shaped plan, with a hall range and cross-wings, and one storey with an attic. The windows are casements, and there are gabled dormers with scalloped bargeboards. There is a doorway with a segmental head, and another door with a gabled porch. | II |
| Rhyd-y-cwm Farmhouse 52°25′37″N 3°13′01″W / 52.42691°N 3.21690°W / 52.42691; -3.21690 (Rhyd-y-cwm Farmhouse) |
— | 1805 | A limestone farmhouse, rendered at the front, with a slate roof, three storeys and three bays. The windows have segmental heads, some are sashes, and some have been replaced by casements. On the front is a date panel, and a gabled cast iron latticed porch with quatrefoils. | II |
| Jones Memorial 52°25′28″N 3°10′09″W / 52.42436°N 3.16919°W / 52.42436; -3.16919 (Jones Memorial) |
— | 1824 | The memorial is in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, and is to the memory of Edward Jones. It is in sandstone, and consists of a pedestal tomb, with a chamfered plinth, a moulded cornice, and a concave cap with a swagged urn finial. | II |
| The Moat Farmhouse 52°25′02″N 3°11′37″W / 52.41724°N 3.19367°W / 52.41724; -3.19367 (The Moat Farmhouse) |
— | c. 1840 | The farmhouse is in limestone on a plinth, with sandstone dressings and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. On the front is a porch with Tuscan columns, a round arch and a hood mould. Above the door is a rectangular fanlight, and the windows are sashes with hood moulds. | II |
| Farm buildings, The Moat Farm 52°25′03″N 3°11′41″W / 52.41749°N 3.19473°W / 52.41749; -3.19473 (Farm buildings, The Moat Farm) |
— | c. 1840 | The farm buildings are partly in limestone, and partly in weatherboarded timber framing, and have slate roofs. They have three ranges, forming a U-shaped plan. The northeast range contains a water mill, a barn, and a cow shed with a granary above. There are external steps and a projecting hoist loft. The other ranges contain segmental-headed doorways, windows, and loft doors. | II |
References
Citations
- Historic England
- Newman & Pevsner (2006), p. 147
- Historic England & 1367242
- Historic England & 1054519
- Historic England & 1054520
- Historic England & 1054521
- Historic England & 1054518
- Historic England & 1367241
Sources
- Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1367242)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, "Moor Hall, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1054519)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, "Rhyd-y-cwm Farmhouse, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1054520)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, "Jones Memorial approximately 3 metres to south of Church of St Mary, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1054521)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, "The Moat Farmhouse, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1054518)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, "Farmbuildings approximately 40 metres to west of The Moat Farmhouse, Bettws-y-Crwyn (1367241)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 19 February 2018
- Newman, John; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Shropshire, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-12083-4