Abernodwydd Farmhouse
Original location Llangadfan, Powys (Montgomeryshire)
Built 1678/1708
Furnished 18th century
Dismantled and moved to St Fagans 1951
Opened to the public 1951
A timber-framed thatched farmhouse, built in 1678 as an open-hall with a fire in the centre of the floor and open to the roof.
Abernodwydd was home to the Rhys family for over 300 years, until the last members of the family left in 1936. In the early 1700s, Evan and Jane Rhys lived there. They must have been quite well-off, as Evan paid to renovate the farmhouse in 1708. He built the fireplace and stone chimney that you see today, and a loft above the hall for storing the farm's produce.
Farming at Abernodwydd was a mixture of growing crops and grazing animals. In the dairy is a cheese-press and a churn for making butter. This would be for their own use and for selling at local markets. A peat fire burned above the ash-pit, and a cauldron hung to cook simple meals such as broth, roast meat and bread.
St Fagans National Museum of History
Abernodwydd Farmhouse
Original location Llangadfan, Powys (Montgomeryshire)
Built 1678/1708
Furnished 18th century
Dismantled and moved to St Fagans 1951
Opened to the public 1951
A timber-framed thatched farmhouse, built in 1678 as an open-hall with a fire in the centre of the floor and open to the roof.
Abernodwydd was home to the Rhys family for over 300 years, until the last members of the family left in 1936. In the early 1700s, Evan and Jane Rhys lived there. They must have been quite well-off, as Evan paid to renovate the farmhouse in 1708. He built the fireplace and stone chimney that you see today, and a loft above the hall for storing the farm's produce.
Farming at Abernodwydd was a mixture of growing crops and grazing animals. In the dairy is a cheese-press and a churn for making butter. This would be for their own use and for selling at local markets. A peat fire burned above the ash-pit, and a cauldron hung to cook simple meals such as broth, roast meat and bread.
St Fagans National Museum of History