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
11374
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/12/1992
Date of Amendment
29/01/1998
Name of Property
Broadlands House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Laleston
Town
Locality
Laleston
Easting
288571
Northing
179147
Street Side
N
Location
Situated near the boundary between Laleston and Bridgend Communities. Reached along straight private drive off the main road; separate farm buildings to N.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19, late-Georgian small country house with later C19 enlargement and C20 alterations to rear.
Exterior
Modest Classical style. Rendered stone elevations and Welsh slate roof with wide boarded and bracketed eaves; yellow brick end stacks. Two storey 4 window main front to S has unusual Ionic end pilasters with stylised Prince of Wales' feathers; plinth; unhorned 6/6 pane sash windows. Entrance offset to right has swept roof, small-pane glazed porch and half-glazed panelled inner door. Simple walled terrace to front. Stepped down and back to right is a single-storey kitchen range added in later C19; splayed bay with French windows and some C20 glazing. Small sash window to attic on left gable end; larger one below. Further small-pane sashes to rear and a 2-storey rubble and hipped roof cross range with large end stack; replaced glazing. C20 additions to rear. Outbuildings at rear link with the parallel Broadlands Fawr which is C17 in origin but with extensive C20 alterations.
Interior
Retains simple late-Georgian detail including openwell staircase with 'S'-shaped tread ends and slightly bulbous newels; some reeded cornices (eg to entrance hall) and architraves to 6-panel doors; one bracketed chimneypiece to drawing room.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a well-preserved late-Georgian house.
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