Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
19501
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
20/03/1998
Date of Amendment
20/03/1998
Name of Property
Brook House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
Town
Locality
Easting
324713
Northing
305074
Street Side
Location
Located approximately 1.0km SSE of Leighton church beneath Moel y Mab and situated on N side of an unmetalled track E of Leighton Farm. The house stands in a depression below the road.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mainly C19 but probably with earlier origins, and likely to represent the remodelling by the Leighton estate of an earlier vernacular house, possibly of C17 origins.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey house of rubble stone and timber framing, with slate roofs. Rubble to ground floor, square panelled framing above. Main range and cross wing plan; 2-unit main range with axial stack. Cross-wing to left, with gable end and axial stacks. Doorway in angle of main range and wing. Detail throughout, including small-paned windows and decorative barge-boards, consistent with Leighton estate work of the mid C19. Extension beyond cross-wing c1996.
Interior
Not accessible on resurvey.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small vernacular house of additional interest for its mid C19 remodelling as part of the Leighton estate; part of a group of estate buildings at the foot of Moel-y-mab.
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