Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caerfagu
Nantmel, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 12 December 1952
- Locality
- Caerfagu
- Community
- Nantmel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27975, -3.39829
- Cadw reference
- 8724
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the W side of a minor road between the A44 and Llanyre, approximately 1.4km ESE of Nantmel village.
History
A C17 lobby-entry house with internal plan altered in the C19.
Exterior
A 1½-storey house of whitened rubble stone, corrugated asbestos-cement roof and rebuilt stone end stacks. Openings are offset to the L. The entrance is within a lately added shallow wooden porch, and has a boarded door with glazed panels under a C19 brick segmental head. Windows R and L are replacements under earlier wooden lintels. Three raked dormers have replacement windows. Against the R gable end, which has plaster panels in the gable, is a single-storey lean-to of rubble stone and replacement tile roof. To the front it has a boarded door with glazed panels, under an earlier wooden lintel.
The rear has 2 replacement windows under wooden lintels, and an inserted door to the L. Above are replacement windows R of centre and further R is a re-used casement laid side-on beneath the eaves. The lean-to has a 2-light metal-framed casement window.
Interior
The present plan is C19, with central stair hall. The room on the R side, formerly the hall, has a stop-chamfered cross beam, and large fireplace with chamfered stone jambs and timber lintel. The room on the L side, the former parlour, has a stop-chamfered cross beam and fireplace with plain timber lintel.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as a sub-medieval regional house retaining early character and detail.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone on A44No class recordedunder 1 mi
- HirfronNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Detached farm range at Hirfron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Multi-purpose farm range at Hirfron FarmNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.