Glas Hirfryn

The earliest known owner of Glas-hirfryn is 'Morus ap Dafydd of Glas-hirfryn' the husband of Magred, daughter of Lewys Wynn ap Morus Wynn of Moeliwrch, Llansilin, which lies just over 4 kilometres to the east. By the 1750s Glas Hirfryn was part of a larger estate and was tenanted by Richard Edwards who died in 1761 and he was followed by his son Hugh Edwards Richard, who died in 1777. In August 1827 Glas Hirfryn was sold by auction at the Cross Keys in Oswestry as part of a much larger estate by a firm of Liverpool auctioneers. Following this sale Glas Hirfryn came to be tenanted by Richard Jones(1783–1849) of Glyndyfrdwy. Richard and Ann Jones were ardent Wesleyan Methodists and…

The house represents a transitional phase in the development of the timber-framed houses in area from the cruck framed hall houses (such as Ty Draw at Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr and [aisled]-hall houses at Pen-y-Bryn, Llansilin and Hafod, Llansilin and Hen Blas in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, to Renaissance and post-Medieval types. Glas Hirfryn is one of the first houses to be storied, rather than the hall being open to the roof. It is also of interest because it has a lateral stone chimney stack, set outside on the north side of the building. This contrasts with Severn Valley timber-framed houses of Montgomeryshire, which have a centrally placed chimney stack within the house and the entrance is…