Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House at Soar
Trallong, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Soar, Brecon, Trallong, Powys, designated on 27 May 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 May 2005
- Locality
- Soar
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.97732, -3.49944
- Cadw reference
- 84445
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on W side of road just below and to SW of the chapel burial ground.
History
Earlier to mid C19 house, possibly built as manse to Capel Soar.
Exterior
House, rubble stone with slate roof and painted rendered end stacks. Two storeys, three bays with wide 12-pane sashes above and 16-pane sashes below each side of centre door under timber bracketed small hood. Flush-panelled 6-panel door. Openings have purple sandstone voussoirs, slate sills. Basement door to left. Rendered left end wall, white painted stone right end wall with added outbuilding with steep slate monopitch roof, white-painted rubble front with large double doors.
Rear of house has two small horizontal windows under eaves.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a little altered house in late Georgian style, of group value with Capel Soar.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone call-box at Soar (01874 636331)Communicationsunder 1 mi
- Capel SoarReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Twyn-y-GaerHillfortunder 1 mi
- Aberyscir Round CairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.