Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Painscastle, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhosgoch, Painscastle, Powys, designated on 9 March 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 9 March 1995
- Locality
- Rhosgoch
- Community
- Painscastle
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.12817, -3.18435
- Cadw reference
- 15911
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (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
Situated on the NW side of Newchurch to Rhosgoch road, 3/4 mile north west of Rhosgoch village.
Exterior
L-plan farmhouse. C16/C17 original range with c.1800 main block at right angles. Earlier range one-and-a-half storeys, later range two storeys. Rubble stone, overpainted, slate roofs, brick end stack to left, ridge stack to right hand end, projecting lateral stack to north east side of earlier range. Three windows, various sashes, lower right modern replacement. Four-panel door with overlight in centre, four-panel door in right hand corner.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of a regional farmhouse retaining good character from two periods.
Nearby in the register
- Black House FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hermon Congregational ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Rhosgoch MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pillar Stone in ChurchCross-marked stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.