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
2001
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/01/1956
Date of Amendment
09/12/2005
Name of Property
Manor House (or Gobion Manor)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Gobion Fawr
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Llanfihangel Gobion
Easting
334814
Northing
209469
Street Side
Location
In the village centre off the east side of the B4598.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
An apparently late C16 house, of two-room plan, with two storeys and attic, and a storeyed porch. The house appears to have been largely unaltered until the C20, when it was given added outshuts at the rear and all new fenestration, but some of these changes may have been a re-doing of C19 ones.
Exterior
Built of roughly coursed red sandstone rubble with dressed quoins and some red brick dressings, natural slate roof with ridge tiles and stone stacks. Single depth central entry house with stair at rear and later outshuts. Two storeys and garret with a three-bay main elevation. The first bay has a probably C19 canted bay window with plain sashes and lead roof, above this a modern timber 3-light casement with an elliptical head. The second bay has a two-storey gabled projecting porch, this has a 4-centred arched chamfered stone entrance with the modern arms of Gunter over. Blind walling above this with a chimney to the gable apex. The upper room is lit by small windows in the returns. The third bay has a wide sash below and another 3-light casement above. Steeply pitched roof with deep eaves, gable stacks, both rebuilt, small rooflight. The gable returns have small windows to light the garret, one blocked on the right return, another 2-light and 3-light casement with red brick surround to ground floor on right return, modern two storey outshut to right with straight joint, door and small window.
Rear elevation not seen at resurvey.
Interior
The interior shows some evidence of timber framing and has fine joinery details on both floors. Main ground floor room has close set beams with deep chamfers and Wern-hir stops, chamfered joists also, large fireplace with arched stone head. The stair has been modified but the upper landing retains a post-and-panel screen and a ceiling with reeded beams and joists with the reeding dying out elegantly, a high quality feature for an upper floor. The other upper floor rooms and attics were not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a probably late C16 house of local type with distinctive storeyed porch, retaining traditional character and with good interior detail.
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