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
7876
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/1981
Date of Amendment
22/02/1995
Name of Property
Folly Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Guilsfield
Town
Locality
Varchoel
Easting
323466
Northing
311822
Street Side
Location
Located at the junction of Folly Lane with the road to Varchoel.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C17 farmhouse with C19 refenestration.
Exterior
Timber framed with slate roof, W gable of brick. One storey and attic, 3 bays, with central living hall and axial stack with parlour to rear in the NE bay. Stack on W gable probably added, and later hipped extension at NE end.
Framing 3 panels high with corner braces to main posts. Panelled door in an open gabled porch furnished with seats, to lower W end of central bay. Iron lattice windows of the early C19 in Trelydan estate style, and gabled dormers. E gable has raking struts.
Interior
Interior not accessible at the time of inspection (October 1994).
Reason for designation
Listed for the well-preserved historic character of this estate farmhouse.
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