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Hafotty
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"One of Anglesey's classic small medieval houses"
TypeHouse
Location Llansadwrn, Anglesey
Coordinates 53°16′52″N4°09′29″W / 53.281°N 4.1581°W / 53.281; -4.1581 Coordinates: 53°16′52″N4°09′29″W / 53.281°N 4.1581°W / 53.281; -4.1581
Built14th century
Architectural style(s) Vernacular
Governing bodyPrivately owned
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameHafotty
Designated28 May 2003
Reference no.81136
Official nameHafoty Old Farm House
Reference no.AN097
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameAgriculture range at Hafotty
Designated28 May 2003
Reference no.81130
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Location of Hafotty in Anglesey

Hafotty, Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales is a medieval hall house dating from the mid 14th century. Described in the Gwynedd Pevsner as "one of Anglesey's classic small medieval houses", Hafotty is a Grade I listed building and a scheduled monument.

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History

The original house at Hafotty was built of wood. [1] This house is recorded as "Bodiordderch" ("the house of Iordderch"), and has also been called 'Bodarddar'. [2] [3] Anthony Emery dates this wooden house to the second quarter of the 14th century. [4] Its original owner was Thomas Norres from Lancashire. [2] In 1535 the house was in the possession of Henry Norris, Constable of Beaumaris Castle. [lower-alpha 1] [6] By the 16th century, Hafotty had passed to the Bulkeleys, another prominent North Wales family, [lower-alpha 2] and had acquired its present name, meaning summer house, or summer dairy. [1] Cadw records extensions to the house in the 16th century, and its re-casing in stone in the 17th. [6] By the 20th century, Hafotty was in a state of some dereliction, [10] but was restored in the 1970s and again in the early 21st century. [5] The house remains in the possession of the Bulkeleys, although under the care of Cadw, and is occasionally open to the public. [2] [11]

Architecture and description

The Gwynedd Pevsner considers Hafotty "one of Anglesey's classic small medieval houses". [5] Peter Smith, in his Houses of the Welsh Countryside, categorises it as a three-unit hall house and notes that, despite its "relatively modest" size, it was still a "house of status". [12] Built to an H-plan, and constructed of rubble masonry, it is of two-storeys. [6] Dendrochronology from tree rings dates the beams in the extension to between 1509 and 1553. [2] The interior contains some notable medieval fittings, including fireplaces and window surrounds. [5] The fireplace has a Tudor arch and the inscription in Latin : Si deus nobiscum, quis contra nos ('If God is with us, who can be against us') which is a Bulkeley family motto. The arch also has carvings of the heads of a Saracen and a bull, another Bulkeley family motif. [2] Hafotty is a Grade I listed building [6] and a scheduled monument. [13]

Footnotes

  1. Although Cadw record the house as still being in the possession of Henry Norris in 1535, Pevsner suggests that it had passed to the Bulkeleys by 1511. [5]
  2. The Bulkeleys are commemorated on the island by the Bulkeley Monument, on the Beaumaris to Llanddona road, [7] and by the Bulkeley Hotel [8] and Bulkeley Terrace, both in the town of Beaumaris. [9]

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