Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Firs
Bausley with Criggion, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 29 December 1994
- Community
- Bausley with Criggion
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.73367, -3.00401
- Cadw reference
- 15444
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated behind farm buildings, facing W.
History
Farmhouse. C18 and C19, possibly with earlier origins.
Exterior
Brick with slate roofs, front block between raised gables. Three-bays with 1+ storey kitchen wing on left, sotres in single storey wing on right. Major external brick stack centre rear of front block. Front elevation of 2 storeys, central 4-panelled door with 4-paned fanlight. 12-paned sashes. All other windows replaced 1994.
Reason for designation
A tall and unusual building, probably adapted from an earlier farm house on the site.
Nearby in the register
- Farm Building Range at the FirsAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Manor Farmhouse (also known as Crew Green Farmhouse)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Bausley Hill CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- The HaimDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.