Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6759
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
17/01/1963
Date of Amendment
21/08/1998
Name of Property
Brynllici including barn atttached to left
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llangors
Town
Locality
Pennorth
Easting
311028
Northing
226353
Street Side
Location
Situated down a farm track just NW of the hamlet of Pennorth.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built c1700, a fashionable farmhouse probably to replace the early C17 house which it faces and which was later used as a barn.
Exterior
A gentleman's farmhouse in the characteristic late C17/early C18 style. Rectangular plan with central entrance hall and staircase, hall to right, parlour to left, both one room depths; barn adjoining left. Built of stone, limewashed, with hipped Welsh slate roof and swept overhanging eaves with moulded soffits; tall dressed panelled stone stacks to ends and rear with overflying top courses. Main frontage of 2 storeys and attic has to first floor 6 window range of slightly recessed wooden mullion and transom windows under timber lintels; stone hoods to ground floor, no sills; metal frames with single opening casement and quarry glazing. Three roof dormers have10/10 pane sashes. Central gabled porch is remodelled. Cellar entrance left under stone hood and blocked entrance with stone hood higher to right. Side elevation right has 2 small square headed fireplace windows with quarry glazing under timber lintels with stone hoods. Rear elevation has 4 window first floor range, all replaced glazing but under timber lintels; staircase window to centre with timber lintel and stone hood; first floor chimney over blocked rear doorway, other remodelled windows. Battered plinth, particularly to fireplace wall. Attached 5-bay barn to left of stone rubble with ventilation slits and Welsh slate roof; roof raised over doorway but doors lost.
Interior
Interior retains high quality central open well timber staircase with balusters, oak treads; floorboards; cross windows have internal reeding; front door of wide boards. Former hall now living room has wide open fireplace with timber bressummer; former parlour now kitchen has exposed cross beams chamfered and stopped. Barn interior has collar and tie beam trusses and 3 rows of trenched purlins.
Reason for designation
Listed II* as a fine largely unaltered gentleman farmer's house of c 1700 with particularly fine front window range and interior staircase.
Group value with the probable former house at Brynllici opposite.
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