Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Defynnog House/ Ty Defynnog
Maescar, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 28 October 2005
- Locality
- Defynnog
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Maescar
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.93888, -3.56461
- Cadw reference
- 86909
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 S of churchyard, adjoining church lychgate, with long garden up to main road.
History
Village house, possibly later C18.
Exterior
House, whitewashed rubble stone with imitation slates to roof and stone S end stack. Two-storey, three-window range of C19 horned 4-pane sashes with slate sills, and centre 6-panel door with fielded panels and 3-pane overlight. Hipped door hood in imitation slate. Thin string courses over first floor windows and under the eaves. Cambered heads to ground floor windows. No openings to N end wall. C20 windows to rear, roughcast, three storeys and attic. Whitewashed rubble wing at right angles with brick end stack, garage doors to basement, door and window above.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as a probably C18 village house of group value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- No.3 Bull TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kestrel CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- No.1 Bull TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Early Christian Inscribed Stone in Defynnog ChurchInscribed Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.