Listed buildings in Bettws-y-Crwyn explained

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.

Key

GradeCriteria
II*Particularly important buildings of more than special interest
IIBuildings of national importance and special interest

Buildings

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Name and locationPhotographDateNotesGrade
St Mary's Church
52.4245°N -3.1693°W
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.
Moor Hall
52.4286°N -3.155°W
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.
Rhyd-y-cwm Farmhouse
52.4269°N -3.2169°W
1805A 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 The windows have segmental heads, some are sashes, and some have been replaced by casements.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.
Jones Memorial
52.4244°N -3.1692°W
1824The 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.
The Moat Farmhouse
52.4172°N -3.1937°W
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.
Farm buildings, The Moat Farm
52.4175°N -3.1947°W
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.