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
9148
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/02/1993
Date of Amendment
15/02/1993
Name of Property
Ffoesidoes, including attached outbuildings round U-Plan yard
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Old Radnor
Town
Locality
Ednol
Easting
322558
Northing
265213
Street Side
Location
Set into hillside to N of Ednol Hill. Late C19 compact, planned farm steading, virtually unaltered since construction. House and outbuildings form U-shape around central fold yard.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
House: Two storeys, T-plan with lower service block to south-east. Coursed rubble on plinth, blue brick dressings. Yellow and blue header segmental arches to openings, tall thin panelled stacks in similar chequered, glazed brickwork. Two and three-light casement windows, framed plank front door with chamfered battens and decorative metal clasps to wooden lock.
Outbuildings: All of coursed rubble with blue and red brick dressings, ventilation slits and slate roofs, boarded doors and loft shutters. Adjoining west end of house, single-storey pony stable and four-bay open-fronted shed. Adjoining east end of house L-plan range of formerly open-fronted cowsheds with rear feeding passage. Two pigsties project from the south-east corner. On the north side of the yard, 2-storey cowhouse with 12 standings and loose box, wide feeding/entry passage with flagged floor, partially plastered-out loft above. Adjoining is barn/stable range. Three-bay barn with brick partition bases and bolted king-post trusses. Two storey stables for 6 working horses and end store room. The ground drops away to the north - the stables and cowhouse have small openings just above ground level to enable dung to be pushed out on to midden.
Interior
Four-panel doors, stairs with chamfered newel and stick balusters rising against the rear wall, beaded plank underside, massive stone flags on floor throughout.
Reason for designation
An unusually well-preserved farm grouping in an unspoilt upland setting.
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