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
18948
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/09/1997
Date of Amendment
30/09/1997
Name of Property
Pentre Brain
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llanddewi Brefi
Town
Locality
Gogoyan
Easting
263551
Northing
255235
Street Side
Location
Situated some 1.2 km N of Pont Gogoyan on W side of road running N to A 485, approached by drive running uphill from junction some 450m E of A 487.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Farmhouse dated 1852, built for David Walters.
Exterior
Colourwashed rubble stone with slate roofs, and stone end stacks. Two-storey, three-window main range, offset to right. Hornless 12-pane sashes with stone slab lintels and sills. Door of 6 flush panels and traceried overlight. Plaque affixed above door, 'David Walters built this house in the year 1852'. Small loft light on right end wall and lean-to. Rear two 16-pane first floor sashes. Lower service range to front left with 9-pane sash to loft, 16-pane sash below and door to right. Left end large stone stack. Outside stone steps to loft door on end wall.
Interior
Main house has stone external walls only and plank partitions to centre passage and between front and rear rooms on both floors. Ground floor left kitchen has large stone flags and wide fireplace. Parlour to right has marble fireplace. 6-panel doors. Narrow rooms to rear. Boarded panelling to stair, stick balusters to loft stairs. Upstairs doors are plank, not panelled. Roof collar trusses are partly re-used.
Service wing has three heavy beams, upper floor is entered only from outside stairs.
Reason for designation
Listed as a completely unaltered mid C19 farmhouse, still in late Georgian style and now rare in this region.
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