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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 [1]
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)
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. [2] [3] 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. [4] 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 The windows have segmental heads, some are sashes, and some have been replaced by casements.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. [5] 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. [6] 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. [7] 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. [8] II

References

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  • 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