Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm Farmhouse
Painscastle, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llandewi Fach, Painscastle, Powys, designated on 18 September 1960.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 September 1960
- Locality
- Llandewi Fach
- Community
- Painscastle
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.09837, -3.24512
- Cadw reference
- 8765
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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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Remote location against hillside about 2 miles SW of Painscastle. Originally the vicarage to Llandewi Fach Church (R Haslam).
Exterior
Late C17 or early C18. L-plan. Two storeys, rubble stone, slate roof, rubble stacks to each gable end. Central door under rough iron canopy. Cross-windows largely replacements of varying sizes, the ground floor ones under flat voussoir lintels. To the rear is a mullion and transom window lighting the stairs.
Interior
Large central stairs hall, C18 stairs, deep moulded handrail, squared newels with half balusters, other balusters missing. Doors have raised and fielded panels with H-hinges and ogee-moulded architraving. Fireplace surround in rear parlour wing has rich bolection mouldings and overmantel of framed panel and moulded cornice. Similar fire surround in room above. Upper room to right has hob grate. Ground floor room to left retains part of a large C18 built-in dresser along two walls.
Reason for designation
Included as a good example of c1700 vicarage or small gentry house in the region.
Nearby in the register
- U-Plan Outbuilding Range to W of Cwm FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Begwns standing stoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Begwns round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.