Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mill Cottage
Trallong, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberbran, 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
- Aberbran
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95272, -3.47580
- Cadw reference
- 84448
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 roadside N of Aberbran Bridge, at entry to Aberbran Fach.
History
House, earlier C19 former cottage to Aberbran Fach farm. The farm is part of the Penpont estate, and the cottage may be marked on the 1842 Tithe map. Straight joints on the facade suggests enlargement.
Exterior
House, painted rubble stone with slate roof and end stacks, larger and roughcast to left, small of roughcast brick to right. Two storeys, three bays, with three first floor 9-pane hopper windows under eaves, and a blank window between left and centre windows. Larger 9-pane hopper windows each side of centre boarded door, brick heads to left window and door, stone voussoirs to right window. Stone sills. To left of door, aligned with blocked window above is a blocked door, similar to the existing doorway, with brick head. There is a straight joint between centre and right bays. S end has roof hipped over lean-to addition, the front canted to follow line of road, with one cambered-headed window. N end wall has one 9-pane window to first floor right. Rear has C20 windows.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a C19 cottage pair in vernacular Georgian style.
Nearby in the register
- Farm courtyard at Aberbran FachAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Aberbran FachDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Nant Bran near Aberbran-fach Farm (partly in Yscir community)Transportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Nant Bran near Aberbran-fach Farm (partly in Trallong community)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.