Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm
Nantmel, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhayader, Nantmel, Powys, designated on 28 February 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 28 February 2005
- Locality
- Rhayader
- Community
- Nantmel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.30251, -3.49178
- Cadw reference
- 84115
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side of the farmhouse
History
A mid C19 farm building first shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey.
Exterior
A lofted cow house of rubble stone and corrugated metal roof. The front has a round-headed doorway to the R with voussoirs. Further L are 5 doorways, the central with replacement concrete lintel, the others with wooden lintels, mostly with split boarded doors. The loft is mainly open timber framing. In the R gable end are 3 stepped ventilation strips. Against the L gable end is an added lean-to. The rear has 4 manure-pitching holes and open steel-framed lean-to.
Interior
The roof is 5 bays with queen-post trusses allowing access to the loft.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved C19 farm building of definite character and as part of a strong farm group.
Nearby in the register
- Barn at Cefn Ceido FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cart shed and granary at Cefn Ceido FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cefn Ceido FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow NE of Cefn-Ceido HallRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.