8739

 

II  

Designated  

18/09/1960  

28/01/2008  

Old House at Hondon  

 

Powys  

Painscastle  

 

Rhos Goch  

315484  

249326  

 

About 3.5 km NW of Rhos Goch, at end of valley. Reached via long lane beginning near chapel in Rhos Goch.  

Domestic  

 

Multi-period linear range of house and agricultural buildings. The house has origins as peasant hall-house of around 1550. Three crucks are believed to survive which define single-bay hall and floored inner bay. This floor was carried on a ledged partition beam supported by jowled posts. About 1600 a floor and chimney were inserted into the hall, and in the early C18 a parlour was added to the SW side. An inscription of "1750" dates the porch on the NE side of the house, and at around the same time a new parlour was added in line with the older parlour. Also around this time the cowhouse was re-built in stone, in line with the house, replacing earlier timber-framed structure. The range was completed in the C19 by the addition of a part timber-framed barn in line with the cowhouse, and at the opposite end, attached to the new parlour, a cartshed.  

Long range aligned roughly NW to SE. Consists of house with cartshed attached to NW end, and to SE, cowhouse then barn. Mainly stone with some timber-framing to front of barn; roofs of stone tile, slate and corrugated iron. Large 2-storey gabled porch with 3-light window at upper level, and doorway offset to R (further doorway in L return). Large stone chimney at L end of house, and to R of porch, a 2-light window; half-hipped R gable with small window. To R, set back, parlour block with low stone chimney, then, set back again, rear of cartshed which opens to rear. To L of house, cowhouse with catslide dormer, and door towards L. To L again, barn with some timber-framing to front, and large opposed threshing doorways.  

Porch has, to L, screen with 2 tiers of pierced flat balusters; boarded door to house. Old part of house believed to retain 3 cruck trusses, and part of screen with jowled posts; large fireplace with decorated fireplace beam. The barn has three bays; roof trusses with raking struts; stone threshing floor.  

House and agricultural ranges with origins as late medieval cruck hall house, constantly renewed and enlarged over 3 centuries with surviving character from all these periods.