Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Oakfield
Builth, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 September 1991
- Community
- Builth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14854, -3.40558
- Cadw reference
- 7454
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
Set back from street behind railed foregarden.
History
Pair of earlier C19 houses.
Exterior
Slate roof and rough-cast render. Large rendered chimneys at ends.
Three storeys, four windows wide, grouped 1+2+1. Mirrored pair with centrally placed doors. Second floor has four 9 pane sashes, hornless. First floor has four 12 pane sashes, hornless. Ground floor has two 12 pane sashes. All windows with stone sills. Doorways have panelled doors, some panels now glazed.
At rear, later extension, brick to W, rendered over to E. Western house has 1st and 2nd floor fenestration intact. Eastern has mainly original openings.
Reason for designation
Group value with neighbouring listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Clifton HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- HafodDomesticunder 1 mi
- Vaynor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.