Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Old house at Felindre
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 28 February 2005
- Locality
- Rhayader
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.29811, -3.50495
- Cadw reference
- 84136
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Backing on to the A470 E of Tan House Bridge, approximately 0.5km SE of Rhayader town centre.
History
Probably late C18 and known as Gigrin on the 1840 Tithe map.
Exterior
A 2-storey house of rubble stone with pebble-dashed front, stone-tile roof and stone stack to the L. Openings are offset to the R side. The doorway has a C19 door with Gothic arched panels. Windows are 2-light casements in original openings, beneath the eaves in the upper storey, except lower L which is an enlarged iron-framed window.
Interior
Originally 2 units in the lower storey, evidence of a former partition is in the poorly preserved cross beam to the R of the doorway. Another cross beam has run-out stops. The fireplace has a cambered timber lintel. A single collar-beam truss has wooden pegs.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a rare well-preserved small farmhouse of a type once common in the region.
Nearby in the register
- Penrally House including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Attached House to Penrally including forecourt railingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- YMCA BuildingHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Corner ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.