20635

 

II  

Designated  

21/10/1998  

21/10/1998  

The Old Saw Mill  

 

Powys  

Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine  

 

Llynfi Valley  

314332  

222933  

 

Approximately 1km NNW of Bwlch church on S side of minor road between Bwlch and Llangasty.  

Domestic  

 

Probably an early C19 house remodelled with the addition of a saw mill and paint shop later C19. The mill is now disused.  

Two-storey house with lower 2-storey former paint shop attached to R, and former mill attached to L with a further wing behind. Of rubble sandstone with slate roofs. The house is scribed roughcast painted white and has projecting eaves, stone stack to L and brick stack to R. Double fronted with horned sashes in architraves and panelled door. Paint shop is 2-window, with blocked openings and central-pivoting window upper R. Mill to L has central stone stack, boarded doors to L (with overlight) and centre, boarded up opening to R under stone lintel, and a boarded upper-storey opening. Rear of house is cement rendered and is 2-window with casements in the upper storey, a boarded door lower R and earlier hornless sash window in lower centre. The paint shop has boarded doors in each storey with windows to L. The mill has a single 2-light casement under a lintel set back from the angle of the added rear wing, which has a wheelpit and arched tailrace entrance attached to its rear gable end.  

Not inspected at time of survey (August 1997), but saw mill machinery said to be removed.