Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bridge House
Honddu Isaf, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Lower Chapel, Brecon, Honddu Isaf, Powys, designated on 16 February 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 February 2005
- Locality
- Lower Chapel
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Honddu Isaf
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.00989, -3.41529
- Cadw reference
- 83672
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Near the Afon Honddu on the E side of the B4520 just S of Lower Chapel.
History
Earlier C19 former inn, the Castle Madoc Arms, said to be included on 1841 and 1861 census with some 19 to 20 people resident. Formerly part of Castell Madoc estate, part of it said to have been an estate counting-house. The arrangement of chimneys and doors suggests that it may have been two houses. In 1926 directory as Castle Madoc Arms, run by Mrs Phoebe Phelan.
Exterior
House, former inn, whitewashed rubble stone with slate eaves roof and two large rubble stone corniced chimneys, one at S end, one on ridge. Three storeys, four bays to W, canted single-bay NW corner, with canted hipped NW corner to roof. Hornless sashes, 6-pane square top windows, 12-pane below, with stone lintels and tooled stone sills. W front has three bays between the chimneys and one to left. Left bay has a blank window each floor over door with 4-pane overlight. Three-bay part has blank windows to upper floors of centre bay (aligned right of centre) and blocked door in ground floor. NW corner has window each floor.
Windowless N end has lean-to former shop with C20 tripartite sash to W end.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a late Georgian style substantial former inn.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone on B4520Transportunder 1 mi
- Bridge to SW of Traihirion (partly in Honddu Isaf community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Bridge to SW of Traihirion (partly in Merthyr Cynog community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Bethel Baptist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.