Cilewent Farmhouse
Original location Dyffryn Claerwen, Powys (Radnorshire)
Originally built 1470 and 1734
Furnished 1750
Moved to St Fagans 1959
Cilewent Farmhouse is known as a 'tŷ hir' which is translated as 'long house'. Here the people and animals lived under the same roof. This type of house was once common in Mid and South Wales.
The farmhouse was first built in 1470. Originally it was built of timber but this was replaced by stone when the house was enlarged in 1734. This date is still visible, carved above the entrance.
Cattle and horses were kept in stalls on the left-hand side of the building. The people lived in the right-hand side of the house where there were two rooms - the living room at the front and the dairy at the back of the house.
Both animals and people entered through the same door and central passage. A male servant slept in the warm hay loft above the animals.
The last people who lived in the house in the 1950s would keep their coats on inside during winter.
St Fagans National Museum of History
Cilewent Farmhouse
Original location Dyffryn Claerwen, Powys (Radnorshire)
Originally built 1470 and 1734
Furnished 1750
Moved to St Fagans 1959
Cilewent Farmhouse is known as a 'tŷ hir' which is translated as 'long house'. Here the people and animals lived under the same roof. This type of house was once common in Mid and South Wales.
The farmhouse was first built in 1470. Originally it was built of timber but this was replaced by stone when the house was enlarged in 1734. This date is still visible, carved above the entrance.
Cattle and horses were kept in stalls on the left-hand side of the building. The people lived in the right-hand side of the house where there were two rooms - the living room at the front and the dairy at the back of the house.
Both animals and people entered through the same door and central passage. A male servant slept in the warm hay loft above the animals.
The last people who lived in the house in the 1950s would keep their coats on inside during winter.
St Fagans National Museum of History