Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
2610
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/11/1980
Date of Amendment
16/10/2001
Name of Property
Glanusk Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Goetre Fawr
Town
Pontypool
Locality
Chainbridge
Easting
334334
Northing
205701
Street Side
N
Location
About 300m west of Chainbridge on the road to Goetre.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mainly probably later C17, much rebuilt in later C20.
Exterior
Symmetrical. Cement rendered. 3 storeys. 3 windows; large 3-light mullioned window to right on ground floor, casements above (wooden transmullioned on first storey). Modern hipped roof to open porch. Brick chimneys at left at rear and right-hand gable, over massive stacks, perhaps pre-C18. Slate roof with overhang a Victorian renewal. Rear with long catslide roof enclosing tall gabled stair tower of rubble construction with paired casements under timber lintols.
Interior
Retains C17 staircase with solid wooden treads radiating from newel.
Reason for designation
Included on list, notwithstanding modern alterations, because of its C17 origins including a fine turnpike staircase.
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