Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Great House
Llantrisant Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 October 2000
- Locality
- Llansoy
- Town
- Usk
- Community
- Llantrisant Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.72517, -2.82407
- Cadw reference
- 24123
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of Raglan road, about 1 km NW of Llansoy.
History
Farmhouse probably rebuilt in mid C19 on ancient site built into large Iron Age hillfort.
Exterior
Farmhouse, rubble stone with red brick dressings and slate hipped roof with flat eaves. Two-storey, 3-window front of large 15-pane sashes with centre doorway. Double 2-panel doors with depressed-arched fanlight recessed in depressed arched surround. Windows and door outer surround have red brick jambs and heads, recess around door is all red brick. Ground floor right window head replaced in concrete. Stone sills. Ashlar band between floors. N end has similar sash with concrete lintel, over added lean-to. S end similar upper window replaced in plastic, with concrete lintel. Rear SW wing has concrete tiles, two-storey, 3-window range of triple casements, all but ground floor left replaced in plastic. Centre door. Ground floor right hand window not aligned with the one above.
Rear of main range has hipped centre stair projection and red brick wall-face stack each side. Rendered 2-storey lean-to to left, rear of wing to right with 3 casement
pairs above C20 porch and C20 long window.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial farmhouse in late Georgian style.
Nearby in the register
- Barn and outbuildings at Great HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Great House CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Barn at Llandenny CourtAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Barn at LlanerthillAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.