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Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group PENTRE-ISAF Bryneglwys, Denbighshire [NPRN 27649] Architectural Record, 2018 FINAL REPORT Report Ref.: 2018_001(d)_v.3 FINAL Issue Date: 1st March 2018 A report commissioned by The Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group in partnership with The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales Report prepared by 4 Friars Walk, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1NT t: 07929 023963 e: [email protected] RIC TYLER www.rictyler.com MCIfA PGCert. Arch. Hist (Oxf.) PN: 20182018----0000001(d)1(d) PPPeP eeennnntretretre----iiiisaf,saf, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group Architectural Record, 2018 Project Data Project NumberNumber: 2012018888_00_00_001111((((dddd)))) Client NameName: Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group Site NameName: PentrePentre----iiiisaf,saf, BryneglwysBryneglwys,, Denbighshire StatusStatus: Unlisted NNNMNMMMRWRW ReferenceReference: 27649 CADW LB Ref. N/A NGRNGR: SJ 13470 47260 Document Data Document TitTitlelele: Architectural Record, 2018 Issue No.No.: v.3 FINAL Document Location: Digital and hard copies of the present report will be deposited with the DOWHG and with Coflein. Prepared by:by Ric Tyler MCI fA Issue DateDate: 1 st March 2018 Disclaimer This document has been prepared for the commissioning body and titled project or named part thereof and should not be relied upon or used for any other project without an independent check being carried out as to its suitability and prior written authority of the author being obtained. Ric Tyler MCI fA accepts no responsibility or liability for the consequences of this document being used for a purpose other than that for which it was commissioned. 4 Friars Walk, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 1NT t: 01584 879990 m: 07929 023963 e: [email protected] www.rictyler.com PN: 20182018----0000001(d)1(d) PentrePentre----iiiisaf,saf, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group Architectural Record, 2018 PENTRE-ISAF Bryneglwys, Denbighshire [NMRW NRPN: 27649 ] Architectural RecordRecord,, 2012018888 TTTABLETABLE OF CONTENTS Summary .......................................................................................................................................................... 1 111 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 333 1.1 Background to the Project ............................................................................................................................... 3 1.2 Site Location..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 Designations..................................................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Scope of the Report ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Previous Work / Archive Records ..................................................................................................................... 5 222 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 555 333 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 555 3.1 Documentary Research .................................................................................................................................... 5 3.2 Historic Building Record ................................................................................................................................... 5 444 BUILDING DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 666 4.1 Exterior ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 4.2 The Interior ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 555 TREETREE----RINGRING DATING ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 999 666 DISCUSSION .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 999 777 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11 888 SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRBIBLIOGRAPHYAPHY .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 List of Illustrations within Text Key plan showing principal elements of recorded building ............................................................................................... 6 i RIC TYLER MCIfA A report commissioned by the Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group in collaboration with PGCert. Arch. Hist. (Oxf.) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW) PN: 20182018----0000001(d)1(d) PentrePentre----iiiisaf,saf, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire Discovering Old Welsh Houses Group Architectural Record, 2018 List of Figures Figure 1: Location plan. Figure 2: Modern aerial photograph (Google Earth). Figure 3: Ground floor plan. Figure 4: First floor plan. Figure 5: Transverse cross-section at A-A; upper end of hall (dais partition), looking north. Figure 6: Transverse cross-section at B-B; lower end of hall, looking south. Figure 7: Transverse cross-section at C-C; lower side of passage bay, looking north. List of Plates Plate 1: Contextual, long view of Pentre-isaf looking north from A5104 Corwen Road. Plate 2: Pentre-isaf looking north-west illustrating characteristic ‘downhill’ siting, terraced into rising ground to north. Plate 3: Pentre-isaf looking south-west illustrating hillside location overlooking valley of River Morwynion; NBNB. modern extension to east elevation dates to 2010. Plate 4: Pentre-isaf looking south-east with Llantysilio mountains in background; note first floor projecting stack to north gable end. Plate 5: Bay I (Room [G1G1G1]) looking north-west. Plate 6: Bay I (Room [G1G1G1]) looking south-east. Plate 7: Bay II (Room [G2G2G2]) looking north-east. Plate 8: Bay II (Room [G2G2G2]) looking south-west. Plate 9: Post-and-panel dais partition to north side of Bay II (Room [G2G2G2]). Plate 10: Original door at west end of dais partition. Plate 11: Modified door at east end of dais partition. Plate 12: Reset, truncated dais post. Plate 13: Original post-mortice and slot for panel. Plate 14: Wide fireplace dominating south side of [G2G2G2] (Bay II). Plate 15: Eastern blade of Cruck 2, visible from [G2G2G2]. Plate 16: Stop-chamfered common joists of inserted ceiling with bare-faced soffit-tenons. Plate 17: Inserted stack to north side of Bay III ([G3G3G3]). Plate 18: Inserted stair to south side of [G3G3G3]. Plate 19: Western blade of Cruck 3. Plate 20: Room [G4G4G4] looking south-west. Plate 21: Transverse partition at Bay III/IV rebuilt in stone; Room [G4G4G4] looking north-east. Plate 22: Upper part of Cruck 1 within room [F1F1F1]. Plate 23: Upper part of Cruck 1 within Room [F2F2F2]. Plate 24: Alcock ‘Type L2’ apex detail with high and vertical abutments. Plate 25: ‘Packing piece’ to exterior of cruck blade; Cruck 1 (W). Plate 26: Upper part of Cruck 2 within [F2F2F2]. Plate 27: Trench for original side-purlin; Cruck 2 (W). Plate 28: Cruck spur to Cruck 2 (E), visible at floor level within [F3F3F3]. Plate 29: Rear of inserted