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
8932
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/03/1985  
Date of Amendment
26/03/1985  
Name of Property
Lower Broad Heath Farmhouse  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Presteigne  
Town
 
Locality
Broad Heath  
Easting
333943  
Northing
263259  
Street Side
 
Location
Large farm house close to Hindwell Brook and reached by a farm road running south from Broad Heath Common.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
The C17 wing has strong historical associations with Charles 1 who spent a night here in 1645 after the battle of Naseby.  

Exterior
Complex building of several main building periods from C17 to early C20. The entrance block is 3 storeys 3 windows wide, brickwork of 2 periods, hipped tiled roof with wide eaves, tall brick stacks with stepped cornices (one mid-roof stack), stone wall footings. Modern 3-light window frames, top storey rising through eaves, lower storeys with cambered brick heads. Open timberwork porch under tiled hood. Side elevation to north of 2 bays with return gablet through eaves to right, windows and dummies with freestone keyblocks. Timber studding to half-hipped rear gable. Lower C17 block of 2 storeys with cross wing to right, old brickwork with rectangular hood moulds in brick. Steep tiled roofs, central stack with brick stem, curved bargeboards, wide eaves. Modern 3 light casements to left, 2-light openings to right (blocked to gable and W side. Further extensions to south.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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