Hendre’r-ywydd Uchaf Farmhouse
When the house was built in 1508, it was a luxurious house by Tudor standards. We know that by 1754, Robert and Ann Foulkes lived here. The last of the family to live at Hendre’r-ywyd, Mary Elizabeth Foulkes, died in 1912.
The family shared their home with the cattle which were kept in the two lower bays. The three upper bays formed the family home.
Originally, there was no chimney – the smoke from the fire would escape through the open windows and the rood.*
*from a signboard next to the farmhouse
