Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Forest Lodge
Glyn Tarell, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 June 2005
- Locality
- Forest Lodge
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Glyn Tarell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.90658, -3.51263
- Cadw reference
- 84504
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated just off minor road to S of A4215, some 3 km from junction with A470.
History
Farmhouse of a large earlier C19 model upland farm, similar to the farm at Cnewr, Crai. Originally called Llosced. The farms are said to have been owned and managed by Scots landlords and farmers to an improved system of husbandry. Forest Lodge farm was of some 1700 acres. Occupied by William Stevenson Miller JP in 1926. Used for holiday accommodation 2005.
Exterior
Farmhouse, purple rubble stone with slate roof and roughcast end stacks. Two storeys, three window-range of 12-pane sashes with cambered heads, stone voussoirs and stone sills. Centre half-glazed door. Right end wall has ground floor 16-pane window with stone voussoirs and smaller window each floor to right, in end of rear outshut. Rear is outshut to left, with window and door with stone voussoirs. Large rear wing to right has big brick ridge stack at rear of main range and roughcast ridge stack further back. One 16-pane sash above, with brick head and stone sides, over a large 12-pane sash with stone voussoirs and brick sides. Door to right with cut grey stone voussoirs.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a house in late Georgian style retaining original features.
Nearby in the register
- No. 4 Forest Lodge Cottages (including outbuilding to left)Domesticunder 1 mi
- No. 3 Forest Lodge CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 2 Forest Lodge CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 1 Forest Lodge CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.