Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Great Castle Farmhouse
Nantmel, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gaufron, 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
- Gaufron
- Community
- Nantmel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.30386, -3.44871
- Cadw reference
- 84123
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)
- 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
Reached by farm road on the N side of the A44, approximately 1.3km ENE of Gaufron hamlet.
History
An early C19 house shown on the 1840 Tithe map, rebuilt in the late C19.
Exterior
A 2-storey 3-window house of rubble stone, partly rebuilt in brick to the front, slate roof with stone stack to the L and blue-brick stack to the R. The central boarded door has an overlight. Windows are small-pane horned sashes, under segmental heads in the lower storey and beneath the eaves in the upper storey. A lean-to has been added to the rear.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a farmhouse retaining definite early C19 character and detail.
Nearby in the register
- Upper Bwlch, including attached farm rangesNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A44No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Lower Bwlch, including attached farm rangeNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Daverneithen, including attached farm rangesNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.