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Ffynnonau Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon (Aberhonddu), Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9568 / 51°57'24"N

Longitude: -3.3756 / 3°22'32"W

OS Eastings: 305568

OS Northings: 229600

OS Grid: SO055296

Mapcode National: GBR YP.LZ73

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.F2TQ

Plus Code: 9C3RXJ4F+PQ

Entry Name: Ffynnonau Cottage

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6867

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300006867

Location: About 1.5 km NE of town centre, reached by drive on E side of Cerrigcochion Road.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Late C17-C18 with later alterations; detached lintel with C17 date stone. Original house appears to have been of 2 bays, now with further C20 bay added at north end at right angles. Late C20 sympathetic extension at SW corner; conservatory to S.

Exterior

House of 2-storeys with thick stone rubble walls and slate gabled roof; painted roughcast/pebbledash render; stone chimney stack at south end. Former entrance front faces east; older part (to L) with two 2-light casements on first floor and with a 3-light window and single-light window flanking central blocked doorway below. C20 gabled bay at north end with tall 2-light casement partly in roof space on first floor and with a larger window below. Right return of this block with modern doorway. Rear of this block with 2-light casement window to each floor. To R of this, gabled dormer, and 2-light casement window with tiny square window above. At right angles, modern extension in matching style and materials. South end of building in exposed stone; late C20 conservatory.

Reasons for Listing

Listed for its origins as a C17 small farmhouse.

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