HISTORY

Below we have tried to capture some of the history of the property. This includes old photographs scanned in to show what the property used to look like.

There is evidence of a farmhouse on the Lower Treleddyn site from as early as the 17th Century and the main farmhouse where the kitchen is situated was the original dwelling. In the early days the building would have been shared between livestock and the family with the family living upstairs. Since this time the farmhouse has been extended and renovated by a number of different residents and most recently by the Spittle family who have lived in the farmhouse since the early 80's.

Tom and Babs Spittle were good enough to let us have some copies of their photographs which allow the recent history of the property to be viewed and we have tried to group the photos around some areas of interest of the property.

The front and weather facing (Western) sides of the building were originally covered in Porthclais slate and in more recent years this was also painted white as can be seen below. The remains off the bare slate could be seen on the gable end of the property when we aquired the property in June 2001 - see below. The slate on the front of the property was removed recently as the slate was very porous and therefore created huge damp problems. There are pictures below to show this work taking place. As part of the ongoing renovation work on the property it is planned to restore the weather facing gable end. This is now complete and finished with new windows and a water tight finish.

When the front of the property was renovated the stone beneath the slates was found to contain local Cerbwdi stone which is the local purple sandstone mined in Caerbwdi bay and used to build the cathedral in St David's in the 12th Century. This stone was only licensed for use in private properties in more recent times. It was decided therefore to leave the front of the property as bare stone to display this beautiful stone which can be seen below on the front of the house.

The timbers in the roof space of Treleddyn originally held up a thatched roof. The existing roof of the property had deteriorated over the years and been covered with bitumen to keep the slates intact and in place. Once again as part of the planned restoration of the property this has now been replaced with a new roof as similar as possible to the original one.

The principal entrance to the property is now through the 'boot room' into the kitchen but this was not always the case. See below for the work completed to allow this entrance to exist.

The Kitchen has been renovated a couple of times in recent years and the pictures below show some of the work completed to get it to today's condition.

The well at the rear of the property has been present for many years and was restored by the Spittle's to a working state. Until very recently the main house and the farm were supplied with water from a 'borehole' well beneath the property - it is now connected to the mains. See photos below to show the progress of renovation of the well.

The fireplaces in the kitchen and the family room are both made of the original stone and previously contained numerous 'ovens' of which a remaining example can be seen in the family room. The photos below so the process of renovation of both the inglenook and the family room fireplace

One of the largest pieces of work completed on the property in recent years is the creation of the secluded walled garden and the pictures below effectively show the 'before and after' view from the back of the house. The last row of pictures were take in late August 2001.

The Annexe part of the property is the currently separate room above the kitchen which can only be reached via the outside steps shown below. We are still unsure what to use this space for, any ideas....?