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
21403
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/02/1999
Date of Amendment
25/02/1999
Name of Property
Broncwrt
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn
Town
Llandovery
Locality
Nant-y-bai
Easting
276832
Northing
244887
Street Side
Location
Situated some 600m NW of Nant-y-Bai, to the left of the road leading to Llyn Brianne. Stone walled farmyard to right of house, with L-shaped farm ranges.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid C19 farmhouse, rebuilt after 1841 as it is marked on a different site on the Tithe map, when it was owned by Lord Cawdor, occupied by Thomas James. The house bears some resemblance in overhanging gable verges and small-paned windows to other Cawdor estate farms, for example Dugoedydd.
Exterior
Farmhouse, rubble stone with slate roof and stone end stacks, including to rear wing. Roof overhangs at gables with verge brackets. Two-storey, three-window range of 12-panehhorned sashes with stone voussoirs to heads and painted slate sills. Half-glazed centre door with 5-pane overlight in slated porch with roughcast piers. E end wall has window each floor and NE rear wing has window each floor and door to left, all windows 12-pane.
Interior
Not accessible on resurvey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a mid-C19 estate farmhouse with windows still in the late Georgian style, and retaining original external detail including small paned sashes.
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