Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nannerth Ganol
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhayader, Powys, designated on 12 December 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1952
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.33023, -3.55393
- Cadw reference
- 8723
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Off Minor road to W of River Wye, approximately 5km from town centre.
History
Late medieval cruck longhouse, converted to storeyed house circa 1600. Restored from dereliction 1990's, with Lower end rebuilt on line of original cowhouse.
Exterior
Stone with slate roof; lower end weatherboarded. Down-slope sited; entrance front faces former farmyard. Tall square stone chimney with oversailing top courses, and projecting weatherings. Three gabled dormer windows with casement glazing. Left end (modern rebuilding) has weatherboarding, oak entrance door, windows to L. To R of this, further doorway is flanked by broad windows with diagonal wooden mullions (renewed), and small square window at eaves. Rear weatherboarded end similar to front; upper section has 2 broad windows with diagonal mullions (partly original).
Interior
Cross passage has original stone flags. Room to R has stone stairs at side of chimney, heavy fireplace lintel, and restored post and panel partition. Three cruck couples with spurs raising eaves, notch-lapped collars and tie beams.
Reason for designation
Listed for survival of cruck framed longhouse.
Nearby in the register
- Nannerth Ffwrdd FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Attached Agricultural Range to Nannerth Ffwrdd FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A470No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Maen Serth, Esgair DderwStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.