Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn-rhos
Penllergaer, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 April 2002
- Locality
- Penllergaer
- Town
- Swansea
- Community
- Penllergaer
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.66117, -3.99575
- Cadw reference
- 26496
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 the S side of the farmyard just E of the A483 some 1.7 km S of junction 47 on the M4 motorway.
History
Small earlier to mid C19 estate farmhouse and 3-sided farm court, built for the Penllergare estate. House is hipped-roofed in late Georgian manner as were the 3 ranges originally, altered to gables in later C19.
Exterior
Farmhouse, whitewashed rubble stone with hipped deep-eaved slate roof and end-wall stacks, roughcast W end stack, small brick E stack. Flat eaves supported on metal brackets, possibly an alteration. N front to farmyard has 3x16-pane cambered-headed sashes to first floor, ground floor 20-pane sash to left and smaller casement-pair to right with 10-10 small panes, and centre half-glazed door under added timber glazed hood. S front to garden has late C19 4-pane sashes with stone voussoirs to cambered heads and painted slate sills. Centre window is blank, over door with cambered head in added porch. Windowless E end. Lean-to on W end with 2 storeys, low casement-pair window under eaves to left and two ground floor casement pairs on W side, one on S end, with brick voussoirs to cambered heads. Small 1-storey outbuilding attached at NE corner.
Interior
Centre passage plan with main rooms on S front, staircase set to W side of passage with 6-panel door to rear hall adjoining. Rear has narrow kitchen NW with pine joists, and former tack-room NE.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved example of a small earlier to mid C19 estate farmhouse, part of a little-altered estate farm group.
Nearby in the register
- West farmyard range at Bryn-rhosAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- East farmyard range at Bryn-rhosAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- North farmyard range at Bryn-rhosAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Penllergaer orchideous houseGarden Buildingunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.