History

Early C17 house consisting of hall and inner room and with a gable-end entry which was enclosed with a kitchen range added early C18 with new main entrance. Dairy added behind at uncertain date.

Exterior

C17 farm house of 2 storeys with gabled stair tower. Built of local stone, roughcast and with a tiled roof replacing the original stone roof. Stone end chimneys and another offset to middle. Modern porch added to stair tower, to right of which are camber-headed windows (1 to each floor) and to left are square-headed windows (2 to each floor) flanking a doorway. Modern fenestration replacing small-pane sashes shown in old photographs; 4-light timber-frame window survives to uphill gable end.

Interior

Not accesible at time of survey (August 1997) but said to retain its early plan form with post-and-panel partition, ornate door heads, and stone slabs in dairy. One of the doorheads to the screens partition is inscribed with the initials W T.

Reasons for Listing

A good example of a traditional sub-medieval Breconshire farm house said to retain early plan form and detail.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29497977

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments