Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
10/04/2004
Date of Amendment
10/02/2004
Name of Property
Pontbren-ddu
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Location
Approximately 0.7km NE of Llandissilio, reached by farm road through Bush Farm on the E side of the A478.
History
Built in the early C19 and shown on the 1839 Tithe map. It was improved by extension and window replacement in the late C19.
Exterior
A single-storey limewashed cottage with corrugated asbestos-cement roof and brick stack to the L. Windows are replaced 4-pane horned sashes flanking a central boarded door. On the L (N) side is a 1½-storey single-window brick extension with 4-pane sash window. Set back on the R (S) side is a lower, formerly open-sided outbuilding, with timber infill and rubble-stone gable end. The rear of the cottage has a 4-pane sash window, to the R of which is an outshut with boarded door in the L end wall. The N extension also has a rear outshut.
Interior
The original thatch roof was replaced in the C20 by adding additional sawn trusses over the original trusses.
Reason for designation
Listed as a small, well-preserved cottage, a type once characteristic of the region.
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