8836

 

II  

Designated  

04/03/1981  

26/03/1985  

Stable, Byre and Corn Barn Ranges at Fold Farm  

 

Powys  

Presteigne  

 

 

331664  

264553  

 

Set back from the road and reached by an access to left of Fold Farmhouse.  

Agriculture and Subsistence  

 

Dated 1740.  

L-plan group with high brick gable end towards road. This range with stable, byre and hayloft is 2 storeys, partly of red brick and partly of box frame construction with wattle and daub infill and some weatherboard cladding to upper floor. Corrugated iron roof over simple tie-beam roof incorporating long raking windbraces cutting through the rafters. Main gable end (originally of steeper pitch?) has raised brick work to apex with lozenge shaped date stone, segmental headed opening (blocked), and a brick stringcourse. 4 segmentally headed door openings to side elevation, wide opening on rear elevation. 4 bay barn forms cross range, also with brick walls to 1st floor level and upper walls of box frame construction with weatherboard cladding, tiled and corrugated roof. Large doorways to slabbed floor in first bay of wing. The earliest dated brick building in Radnor. The condition of the building is deteriorating.  

 

Group value.