Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7711
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/10/1953
Date of Amendment
20/03/1998
Name of Property
Upper Munlyn Farmhouse
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
Town
Locality
Munlyn
Easting
321695
Northing
300753
Street Side
N
Location
Located W of the level crossing, on a minor road leading down to the River Severn, and set above and behind the farm buildings.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
A large C17 'L'-plan timber framed house, the timbering rendered over in 1955.
Exterior
Timber framing, 4 panels high, set on a stone base, and rendered over and painted in the mid C20. Slate roof. Two storeys, entrance in the re-entrant angle within a lean-to porch, and the main parlour in the E-W wing, which appears to be slightly jettied under the rendering, and has a hipped and canted bay window overlooking the garden. Lean-to on the W side of the left wing. Major stack of 4 star-plan brick flues, and an added stack on the left wing. Windows renewed in the 1990's; timber with paned double glazed inserts.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection (October 1996).
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine late C17 Severn-valley type timber-framed house retaining original form.
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