The Wern, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine (Llanfihangel Cwm Du gyda Bwlch a Chathedin), Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9143 / 51°54'51"N

Longitude: -3.1917 / 3°11'30"W

OS Eastings: 318130

OS Northings: 224646

OS Grid: SO181246

Mapcode National: GBR YY.PGYK

Mapcode Global: VH6C8.M4KT

Plus Code: 9C3RWR75+P8

Entry Name: The Wern

Listing Date: 21 October 1998

Last Amended: 21 October 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 20654

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300020654

Location: Set back from W side of A479 approximately 0.8km N of Cwmdu church.

County: Powys

Community: Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine (Llanfihangel Cwm Du gyda Bwlch a Chathedin)

Community: Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine

Locality: Rhiangoll Valley

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Early C17 house consisting of hall and inner room and with a gable-end entry which was enclosed with a kitchen range added early C18 with new main entrance. Dairy added behind at uncertain date.

Exterior

C17 farm house of 2 storeys with gabled stair tower. Built of local stone, roughcast and with a tiled roof replacing the original stone roof. Stone end chimneys and another offset to middle. Modern porch added to stair tower, to right of which are camber-headed windows (1 to each floor) and to left are square-headed windows (2 to each floor) flanking a doorway. Modern fenestration replacing small-pane sashes shown in old photographs; 4-light timber-frame window survives to uphill gable end.

Interior

Not accesible at time of survey (August 1997) but said to retain its early plan form with post-and-panel partition, ornate door heads, and stone slabs in dairy. One of the doorheads to the screens partition is inscribed with the initials W T.

Reasons for Listing

A good example of a traditional sub-medieval Breconshire farm house said to retain early plan form and detail.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Penuel Chapel
Approximately 1km NNE of Cwmdu church on N side of minor road from A479 to Cwm Rhos. The chapel is within a walled graveyard with a steep embankment at rear.
II Tomb of Thomas Price in church yard at St Michael Cwmdu
In burial ground on N side of Cwmdu church.
II* Church of St Michael
Prominently sited at the N end of Cwmdu village, on E side of A479, and surrounded by churchyard.
II Base of cross shaft in church yard at Church of St Michael
In burial ground on S side of Cwmdu church.
II Former Stable and Cartshed adjoining churchyard of St Michael's Church
On S side of church yard facing minor road.
II Church Villa
On N side of a minor road immediately S of church, the main house enclosed by low forecourt wall with railings.
II The Old Rectory
Approximately 250m S of Cwmdu church, set back from E side of A479 and reached by private drive.
II Old House at Cilfaenor
Upland farm 1.1km W of Cwmdu church at the end of a private road. The Old House is at N end of farm yard, with farm buildings and another house further S.

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The Wern

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine (Llanfihangel Cwm Du gyda Bwlch a Chathedin), Powys