Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Workshop block at Penpont
Trallong, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 18 January 2002
- Locality
- Penpont
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94767, -3.49870
- Cadw reference
- 26104
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 S side of the open yard behind the stables at Penpont.
History
Large two-storey outbuilding, probably later C18 or earlier C19. This range contained a cheese press in 1991. Marked on 1838 Tithe map.
Exterior
Two storey agricultural range, colourwashed rubble with close-eaved roof: slates to front, corrugated sheeting to rear. Long N front has just two square loft windows at eaves, both casement pairs. Ground floor has numerous cambered-headed openings. From left: a door with tall overlight; a lower door and still lower window; then a broader door, another door, a window, another door; one last door to extreme right. Right gable end has loft door. Left end has brick cambered head to ground floor 3-light window and shortened cambered headed loft opening above. Lean-to at SE corner with thick slate roof, small window to E.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a very large lofted estate outbuilding, of group value with the II* listed stables.
Nearby in the register
- The StablesDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers and flanking ranges to rear courtyard at PenpontGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The Old Granary and the Old LaundryAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Hay Barn at PenpontAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.