Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16301
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/08/1995
Date of Amendment
14/08/1995
Name of Property
Rhos Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Talgarth
Town
Locality
Genffordd
Easting
317554
Northing
231659
Street Side
Location
Located on an elevated plateau, former moorland, in the angle of a minor road running below Y Grib.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built in the late C17/early C18 by a High Sheriff of Breconshire.
Exterior
Farmhouse of the late C17/early C18. Rubble stone with slate roof. Two storeys, hall with lateral stack and service room at W end, supplemented by later lean-to extensions to gable end and on N side, and a parlour at the upper end, to which is added a 2-storey 1-bay wing with gable stack. Wide 6-panelled door to lower end of hall. Transomed paned windows, most with timber lintels but segmental head to service room, and drip mould over rear window. Three transomed 2-light C17 windows to first floor on N side. Open eaves, the bearers painted red.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (March 1995). Said to contain a fine late C17 staircase with original dog gate in situ, and other features.
Reason for designation
Included as a substantial farmhouse of the late C17/early C18, on the edge of the uncultivated and unenclosed uplands.
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