Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Upper Cwmgwanon Farmhouse
Clyro, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm-Ganon Dingle, Clyro, Powys, designated on 31 January 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1995
- Locality
- Cwm-Ganon Dingle
- Community
- Clyro
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.09074, -3.18730
- Cadw reference
- 15329
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Isolated position 3 km west of Clyro village. Reached from a lane to west of Cwm-gwanon Dingle.
Exterior
C16/17, one-and-a-half storeys, whitewashed rubble stone farmhouse with stone tile roof and three gabled eaves dormers. Central rubble ridge stack and projecting stack to right end, both with brick uppers. Modern casement windows and modern doors except one surviving C17 ovolo moulded mullion window in right hand end. Remains of stone hood moulds over right hand openings.
Interior
Substantial timber-framed partitions and roof trusses. Exposed chamfered and broach-stopped beams in left end also large central fireplace with massive timber lintel (opening blocked). Right end of house has scroll stopped beams and fireplace with ovolo moulded timber lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of the well-preserved sub-medieval interior.
Nearby in the register
- Wern Newydd FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Wern-Fawr FarmhouseDomestic1 mi
- Moity FarmhouseDomestic1 mi
- Moity ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.