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
17353
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/10/1996  
Date of Amendment
01/10/1996  
Name of Property
Lower Hurdley Farmhouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Churchstoke  
Town
Montgomery  
Locality
Hurdley  
Easting
329567  
Northing
294155  
Street Side
 
Location
South facing house set back from the road on a sloping site, enclosed by a stone wall on the S, W and N side, and by a yard on the E side. It stands immediately E of Hurdley Farm.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
Asymmetrical double fronted, C18 farmhouse of 2 storeys, with single storey lean-to at rear. Random rubble with slate roof. Gable stacks in stone. Front faces S and has 2x2-light casement windows to wall plate, and 2x2-light casements with small panes in lower storey. Ledged and battened door to right of centre. W wall built against an earthen bank with a former pantry vent, now glazed but retaining iron bars, to the right. Added lean-to at rear.  

Interior
Two-unit plan: parlour to the right, with kitchen to left. The kitchen contains a fireplace enclosed in random rubble jambs, with a former pantry to the left, and a quarter turn timber stair with a handrail at the top.  

Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved C18 upland farmhouse which forms a group with Hurdley Farm and Hurdley Hall.  

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