Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lower House Farmhouse
Bronllys, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llyswen, Bronllys, Powys, designated on 15 December 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 15 December 1995
- Locality
- Llyswen
- Community
- Bronllys
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.03146, -3.26243
- Cadw reference
- 16694
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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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
A farmhouse set at right angles to the road, backing on to the farmyard to the NW.
Exterior
Exterior: Mid C19, rubble stone with pecked ashlar dressings. Slate roof. Two storeys, the main house of 3 symmetrical bays with gable stacks, 2 rooms deep. Central 6-panelled door with plain overlight. Sixteen-paned sashes to both floors. An extension is added to the E gable, 2-storeys, 2 bays, of similar build but with a lower roof. Part glazed door and 12-paned window over, the second bay having false window recesses. To the rear, a 1-storey with attic service wing and wash-house is attached at the N side of the extension. An attached wall completes a rear garden.
Interior: Not accessible at the time of inspection, (May 1995).
Included as a handsome and well preserved C19 farmhouse in a prominent position at the southern end of the village.
Nearby in the register
- Llyswen Presbyterian ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Star HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church of St. GwendolineReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Griffin InnCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.