Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Glebe Farm
Churchstoke, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Old Churchstoke, Montgomery, Churchstoke, Powys, designated on 1 October 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 1 October 1996
- Locality
- Old Churchstoke
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Churchstoke
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.54769, -3.05432
- Cadw reference
- 17362
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on the west side of minor road through Old Churchstoke, approximately 60m N of a T-junction. The house is below the road and reached down a short farm road. The house has farm buildings to the NW.
History
Early C18, probably a lobby entry house originally.
Exterior
Three-unit, L-shaped house, consisting of a main range with cross-wing to S. Main range timber framed with random rubble N gable wall, slate roof. Stack at the junction with the stone range, the lower portion stone but the upper portion rebuilt in brick. Square-panelled timber framing with brick nogging, painted white. On the W side is a glazed porch under corrugated metal roof, with inserted doorway at the N end. Gable end has casement windows in gable and upper storey. On E side the framing has single tension brace, and one casement window in the lower storey. Random rubble lean-to with slate roof. Cross-wing is random rubble with stone tiled roof. In W gable end small-paned casement windows in upper and lower storeys. Single casement window on the S side, and a single casement window in E gable. Garden walls adjoin NW and NE angles.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (March 1996).
Reason for designation
Listed as preserving the integrity of an early C18 house which combines stone and timber traditions.
Nearby in the register
- Roundton HillfortHillfortunder 1 mi
- Upper Aldress Moated SiteMoated Siteunder 1 mi
- The CaveDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hurdley HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.