Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Hirfron
Nantmel, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Carmel, 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
- Carmel
- Community
- Nantmel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.28648, -3.39181
- Cadw reference
- 84124
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 a farm track opposite Carmel Chapel, approximately 1.8km E of Nantmel village
History
A late C18 or early C19 house shown on the 1840 Tithe map.
Exterior
A 2-storey 3-window house of whitewashed rubble stone, slate roof and external stone stack to the L with brick shaft, and external brick stack to the R. The central panelled door is beneath a small-pane overlight and is flanked by replacement windows under wooden lintels. In the upper storey are 3 small horizontal-sliding sash windows beneath the eaves. A rear outshut has replacement windows.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a farmhouse retaining early C19 character, a type once common in the region but rarely well preserved.
Nearby in the register
- Detached farm range at Hirfron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Cow house at Hirfron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Multi-purpose farm range at Hirfron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Carmel Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.