Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Oleu Ffynnon
Llangurig, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Old Hall, Llangurig, Powys, designated on 24 March 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 24 March 2005
- Locality
- Old Hall
- Community
- Llangurig
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.44735, -3.58758
- Cadw reference
- 84300
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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located above the S banks of the River Severn, off a lane which runs alongside the river from Felindre to Old Hall. The house is on a track, 0.5km from this lane.
History
Mid-late C19 farmhouse.
Exterior
Symmetrical 2-storey 2-window house with central entrance. Flanking lower wings, that to L probably a service unit, that to R an outbuilding. Rendered and whitewashed on a plinth, under a shallow slate roof, with rebuilt red brick end stacks. Two-light iron-glazed windows with large panes. Shaped hoodmoulds to lower storey openings, the upper storey windows under the eaves. Split doors to centre with flanking windows. The rear, partly seen, has a tall 2-light casement window to centre of upper storey, probably a stairlight, and a late C20 glazed opening below.
The lower units flanking the house both have corrugated metal roofs; that to R is weather-boarded with a boarded door to far L. The L unit is rendered and has boarded door and iron-glazed window both offset to R; similar window aligned above. Its E gable end has split doors offset to R, accessed from an open-fronted garage. The rear is of brick and has a casement window to upper storey, lower storey not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small upland farmhouse with attached outbuildings, retaining C19 character and detail.
Nearby in the register
- Cincoed with attached farm buildingsNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Glyn ClywedogDomestic1 mi
- Stable and Cart-shed at Glyn ClywedogNo class recorded1 mi
- Mount SevernRecreational1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.