History

Integral farmhouse to planned farm steading of 1876. Said to have been built for Gibson-Watt family of Newbridge-on-Wye.

Exterior

L-plan with 2 parallel rear service wings, adjoining single-storey bakehouse and lean-to verandah. Brick, overpainted in red with white quoining and keyblocks. Slate roofs, 2 brick stacks, deep verges bargeboards and drop-finials. All elevations have gabled eaves dormers. Enclosed front porch with lattice-work sides and glazed door, boarded rear doors. Large-paned sashes under cambered lintels and 3-light casement to kitchen.

Interior

Period interior except for some replacement of fireplaces. Dairy wing has stone salting and cooling slabs on brick piers, kitchen has large fireplace with spit rack over, panelled alcove cupboard and numerous ceiling hooks. Front rooms have coved and moulded ceiling cornices. Dog-leg stairs with planked undersides, moulded ramped handrail, chamfered stick balusters. Plain 4-panel doors with chamfered detailing.

Reasons for Listing

Part of a remarkably well-preserved model-farm grouping; a building type rare in Radnorshire.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29488010

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2