Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brewhouse at Aberllech
Maescar, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 17 January 1963
- Locality
- Pentrebach
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Maescar
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.98306, -3.58743
- Cadw reference
- 86903
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 to SW of the house at Aberllech.
History
Former estate bakehouse and brewhouse, probably late C18.
Exterior
Brewhouse, whitewashed rubble stone with slate roof, ground floor and loft. Single central door with cambered head facing house, left end wall has outside stone steps to loft door, right end wall has renewed window with timber lintel. Rear has two windows with oak lintels to ground floor and three modern roof-lights.
Interior
Ground floor has remarkable stone kiln for heating the malting floor above. Square base with metal door to fire-place, then upper part splays out on all four sides in a bell curve up to ceiling. Loft floor had perforated tiles over kiln, since covered over. Ground floor left has fireplace with timber lintel. Roof has heavy pegged collar trusses.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as an estate brewhouse still with malting floor, of group value with Aberllech.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuildings to NW of AberllechAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- AberllechDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bilidu Calvinistic Methodist Chapel including forecourt wall and railings.Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint TeiloReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.