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
7489
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
03/08/1987
Date of Amendment
28/10/2005
Name of Property
Penpentre House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Maescar
Town
Brecon
Locality
Defynnog
Easting
292696
Northing
227655
Street Side
NE
Location
Situated at SE edge of village on E side of High Street, by junction with lane to Maescar Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Earlier C19 villa on edge of the village, recorded as occupied in early C19 by John Morgan (1783-1837) father of Rev P. Morgan, vicar of Battle, grandfather of Gwenllian Morgan mayor of Brecon 1910, and in 1870 and 1880 by Mrs Stephens, retired innkeeper. Set back in terraced and railed forecourt.
Exterior
House, painted rubble stone (formerly stucco lined as ashlar) with deep-eaved slate roof, overhanging at gable verges and rendered end-wall stacks. Three storeys, three-window range of small paned windows with stone voussoirs and stone sills. Top windows are 9-pane, Brecon hopper type, the others are hornless sliding sashes, 12-pane to first floor, 16-pane below. Centre door with stone voussoirs, half-glazed door. Formerly there was a 'pitched hood to open porch with ornamental bargeboards and finials', removed since 1987. Outshut whitewashed rear.
Front terraced forecourt with retaining wall of squared stone carrying wrought iron railings with scrolled finials and cast-iron urns to stanchions. Three stone steps up to wrought iron gate.
Interior
Interior not inspected, in 1987 it had central corridor plan with rear dog-leg timber staircase with moulded balusters. There was late Georgian detail to six-panel doors, shutters, moulded architraves etc.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial three-storey late Georgian village house, retaining original detail.
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