Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17055
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
15/12/1995
Date of Amendment
15/12/1995
Name of Property
Pontithel House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Gwernyfed
Town
Locality
Pontithel
Easting
316467
Northing
236667
Street Side
SE
Location
Located on the road from Brecon to Hay, approximately 150m E of Pont Ithel.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 house. Occupied in 1881 by the Manager of the former naphtha extraction works which stood to the rear and operated from the mid-late C19, working into the 1920's.
Exterior
A house of the early C19, of colourwashed stone with a slate roof. Two storeys, basement and attics. Three bays, with an attached outbuilding to the W gable end converted to accommodation in the late C20.
Central 6-panelled door in timber pilastered doorcase, the canopy missing. Sixteen paned sashes to ground and first floors, but 12-pane sash over door; all opening with cambered heads and stone sills. Gable stacks. Windows to attics in gable ends.
Front garden railings and gates set on a low wall, taking up slope of the ground. The rails are looped round-section iron bars, threaded through horizontal iron flats. Stanchions have pointed finials. Central gate, and a secondary gate to the left with dog rails.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved early C19 house.
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