Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Malt House Farmhouse
Guilsfield, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Varchoel, Guilsfield, Powys, designated on 22 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1995
- Locality
- Varchoel
- Community
- Guilsfield
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.70318, -3.13215
- Cadw reference
- 15817
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 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the NE side of Varchoel Lane, on the SE side of the farm yard.
History
Farmhouse. C17.
Exterior
Timber framed with colourwashed noggings. Gable end clad in corrugated iron. Slate roof. One storey and attic, 3 bays, probably type C plan but with entrance at hall end of double width parlour bay at E end, services at W. Lean-to kitchen at rear, formerly with oven.
Framing 3 panels high with corner braces. Parlour bay 6 panels wide but frame altered at upper level.
Panelled door in C20 open-fronted porch. Two-light timber casement windows, and 3 gabled dormers. Three flue brick stack.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good representative example of the regional timber-framed tradition.
Nearby in the register
- Camp 350m NW of Varchoel Hall (revealed by aerial photography)Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Folly FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Canal Bridge on Roadway to the BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Ty CanolDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.