Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Farm Range immediately SW of Lea Farmhouse
New Radnor, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Downton, New Radnor, Powys, designated on 29 April 1993.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 29 April 1993
- Locality
- Downton
- Community
- New Radnor
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.24773, -3.12538
- Cadw reference
- 9247
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)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Single-range forming west side of farmyard about 10m SW of house; incorporates three buildings under one continuous roofline.
Exterior
C17 four-bay barn: box-framed with square-panel framing, no original infill survives but stave holes and grooves evident. Later weatherboarded skin, low rubble plinth; part iron, part slate roof, boarded doors and shutters. Threshing bay has large double door entry to west side but single door to east (yard side) set over the plinth. Timber-framing is three panels high with jowelled bay posts. Partition trusses have tie-beam with raking braces, partition framing of long angle braces and central post above planked base.
C19 stable: Rubble stone, slate roof, cambered voussoir head to door.
C19 granary: Brick base walls, stud and weatherboarded loft, slate roof, stone external steps along front wall, boarded door.
Reason for designation
Group with with the farmhouse and other outbuildings.
Nearby in the register
- Cowshed 20m S of Lea FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cowhouse to SE of Lea FarmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Lea FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bestbrooke FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.