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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Single-storey building which was typical of the better class of Welsh farmhouse in the Middle Ages. Its roof and walls are supported on four sets of oak crucks, large curved timbers reaching from the ground and meeting at the roof apex - forming a gigantic letter 'A'. These divide the building ino five sections or bays. The lower two were used to house cattle whilst the upper three, separated by a wall from the animals, were used by the family; these were probably a work-room, hall or living-room, and bedroom. The outside walls are timber-framed, the panels being in-filled with wattle and daubed with clay. Both the daubed panels and the timberwork are limewashed as was common in the Middle Ages. The open hearth is placed in the centre of the hall, smoke from the fire escaping through the unglazed windows.
A late-medieval cruck-framed hall-house built in 1508 and typical of the better class of Welsh farmhouse in the late Middle Ages.
The building is divided into five bays, the lower two used for housing for cattle and horses, the centre bay serving as a work-room and the upper two comprising the open hall and a bedroom. The outside walls are timber-framed, the panels being in-filled with wattle and daubed with clay.
Both the daubed panels and the timberwork are limewashed as was common in the Middle Ages.
The open hearth is placed in the centre of the hall, smoke from the fire escaping through the roof and the unglazed windows.
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