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
11/08/1993
Date of Amendment
11/08/1993
Name of Property
Lower Cwm
Location
Situated on the western edge of the Radnor Forest about 1.6km (1 mile) NE of Llandegley village.
History
Probably C17 (modernised 1983).
Exterior
Two storeys (roof line raised), single range with rubble stone walls, rendered top section. Brick end stack to right. Modern boarded door in right corner, small-paned timber casements, regularly placed, to right of door; far left ground floor window smaller than the rest. Modern lean-to on right hand end on site of original end room.
Interior
Lobby entry plan, large open fireplace with rubble jambs, timber lintel and step stop. Exposed beams with wide chamfer and step stop. One end of main axial beam rests on the top rail of a low timber-framed partition wall, the sole plate of which rests on a stone plinth; wattle grooves and stave holes visible. Winder stairs with multi-faceted newel cap and scribe moulded newels. Flagstone floors.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of a small C17 vernacular farmhouse with much internal detailing.
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