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
24/03/2005
Date of Amendment
24/03/2005
Name of Property
Oleu Ffynnon
Location
Located above the S banks of the River Severn, off a lane which runs alongside the river from Felindre to Old Hall. The house is on a track, 0.5km from this lane.
History
Mid-late C19 farmhouse.
Exterior
Symmetrical 2-storey 2-window house with central entrance. Flanking lower wings, that to L probably a service unit, that to R an outbuilding. Rendered and whitewashed on a plinth, under a shallow slate roof, with rebuilt red brick end stacks. Two-light iron-glazed windows with large panes. Shaped hoodmoulds to lower storey openings, the upper storey windows under the eaves. Split doors to centre with flanking windows. The rear, partly seen, has a tall 2-light casement window to centre of upper storey, probably a stairlight, and a late C20 glazed opening below.
The lower units flanking the house both have corrugated metal roofs; that to R is weather-boarded with a boarded door to far L. The L unit is rendered and has boarded door and iron-glazed window both offset to R; similar window aligned above. Its E gable end has split doors offset to R, accessed from an open-fronted garage. The rear is of brick and has a casement window to upper storey, lower storey not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small upland farmhouse with attached outbuildings, retaining C19 character and detail.
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