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.
Date of Designation
10/04/2004
Date of Amendment
10/02/2004
Name of Property
Pontbren-ddu
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Approximately 0.7km NE of Llandissilio, reached by farm road through Bush Farm on the E side of the A478.
History
Built in the early C19 and shown on the 1839 Tithe map. It was improved by extension and window replacement in the late C19.
Exterior
A single-storey limewashed cottage with corrugated asbestos-cement roof and brick stack to the L. Windows are replaced 4-pane horned sashes flanking a central boarded door. On the L (N) side is a 1½-storey single-window brick extension with 4-pane sash window. Set back on the R (S) side is a lower, formerly open-sided outbuilding, with timber infill and rubble-stone gable end. The rear of the cottage has a 4-pane sash window, to the R of which is an outshut with boarded door in the L end wall. The N extension also has a rear outshut.
Interior
The original thatch roof was replaced in the C20 by adding additional sawn trusses over the original trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small, well-preserved cottage, a type once characteristic of the region.
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