Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Whitton Court
Whitton, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Whitton, Powys, designated on 16 March 1992.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 March 1992
- Community
- Whitton
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.29440, -3.06859
- Cadw reference
- 9076
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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)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Lies just off the B4356, quarter of a mile south of Whitton village centre.
History
Late C18/early C19 house called "The New House" in 1802 marriage settlement, incorporates C17 wing of former dwelling.
Exterior
Two-storey main range, west cross wing with cellar, one-and-a-half storey kitchen extension to north. Coursed rubble with brick quoins, part rendered and part rebuilt in different stonework and brick, massive stone buttresses to east gable end. West wing is half-timbered with close studding some panels infilled with brick, diagonal bracing to north gable apex. Slate roofs, two brick ridge stacks to main block, brick end stack to kitchen wing. Tall squared rendered stone stack projects from west wing. Roof of wing heightened in brick and timber.
South front has brick cambered heads to modern picture windows, masonry blocked window to north gable of C17 wing and brick blocked cross window to west wall.
Outbuildings: Single storey range of rubble stone outbuildings with slate roof forms courtyard with kitchen wing - probably wash house, privy, fuel store etc.
Garage: Previously the stable; rubble stone, slate roof.
Interior
West wing has two ovolo-moulded beams.
Reason for designation
Included in the listing because of the C17 wing and its group value with the adjoining farm buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Farm Range (B) at Whitton CourtAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- U-Plan Farm Range (A) at Whitton CourtAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The Old RectoryDomesticunder 1 mi
- Rectory OutbuildingDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.