Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Upper Bryn
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 July 1949
- Locality
- Penygloddfa
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.52003, -3.32549
- Cadw reference
- 8214
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the reverse slope of a prominent hill overlooking the town, reached via a farm road off Bryn Lane a quarter of a mile North West of Penygloddfa.
History
C17, timber framed,
Exterior
3 unit lobby entry, central chimney regional house; with later C18 wing to S giving overall L shape.
2 storey box frame, square panelled. Weatherboarding to old range and brick W wall with stepped projecting brick stack. Steeply pitched old slate roof. Gabled storeyed porch, jettied to attic and 1st floor. E end forms parlour. Jettied attic on brackets. Lettering RB 1660 to collar and legend "NOT WE FROM KINGS BUT KINGS FROM US" in restored lettering to bressumer. Decorative panel with heraldic crest in form of phoenix(?) to centre (head missing). 3 light casement windows to 1st and ground floors. "Jacobean" style carved figures flank 1st floor window.
Corrugated iron lean-to along rear wall.
Later range box-framed, square panels. Timbers re-faced to E front, rear elevation replaced in brick.
Steep slate roofs, modern brick stack. Two 3 light casements to 1st floor; single similar window to ground floor with 2 light window to left. Modern porch at junction with parlour of earlier building.
The earlier house was in a derelict condition and unoccupied at time of inspection.
Interior
Earlier house - twin service rooms to W with adjoining hall. Twin axial, stop chamfered beams. Moulded doorhead. Parlour beyond chimney remains in use as part of later wing, twin axial beams.
Later wing - axial stop chamfered ceiling beams. C18, 12 panelled door to parlour. C18 turned baluster stair. Later C19 spandrels added to doorcases.
Nearby in the register
- Friends Meeting House (Cwrt Plas-yn-dre)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 20 Crescent StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 19 Crescent StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 18 Crescent StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.