Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cae-melyn
Glasbury, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 January 1996
- Locality
- Cornhill
- Community
- Glasbury
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.05390, -3.24594
- Cadw reference
- 17198
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on the S side of the road running E from the Cornhill crossroads, and in an elevated position looking S and SE at the rear.
Exterior
The two-bay house and attached in-line cowhouse are built of rubble stonework, the house rendered, and all colourwashed. Slated roofs. House of one storey and attic, probably of early-mid C17 origins, altered in mid C18, of 2 bays. Central entrance and gable stacks. Bead boarded door within a part-glazed added gabled porch. Six-light C19 timber casement windows, and a small gable above the entrance has a 6-pane casement window for the attic floor. Bargeboards at S end, the stack in this position having brick dressings indicating a later date. Kitchen now in lean-to at S end.
Attached to the left, with its roof slightly lower, a cowhouse, with double door in the longhouse positon, and end door to a calf house. Three triangular vents set in the front wall.
Interior
Main living room at N end with stack against the cowhouse. Boxed axial beam. S end is divided longitudinally. Very deep timbers support roof, probably crucks in partition to right of door, now only visible above the tie, and having open half-lap-dovetail.
Reason for designation
Included as an interesting example of a C17-C18 longhouse-derived farmhouse.
Nearby in the register
- PenwernDomesticunder 1 mi
- Granary and carthouse at Penwern farmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Farm building at Pen-y-waun farmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Carthouse and stable at Llach-doll farmDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.