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Orchard Farmhouse

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfoist Fawr (Llan-ffwyst Fawr), Monmouthshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.7905 / 51°47'25"N

Longitude: -3.0056 / 3°0'20"W

OS Eastings: 330736

OS Northings: 210688

OS Grid: SO307106

Mapcode National: GBR F6.YF26

Mapcode Global: VH79D.V8D6

Plus Code: 9C3RQXRV+6P

Entry Name: Orchard Farmhouse

Listing Date: 9 January 1956

Last Amended: 15 March 1996

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1978

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300001978

Location: To south-east of Llanellen village on the north-east side of the by-road towards Glan Usk and Llanover.

County: Monmouthshire

Community: Llanfoist Fawr (Llan-ffwyst Fawr)

Community: Llanfoist Fawr

Locality: Llanellen

Traditional County: Monmouthshire

Tagged with: Farmhouse

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Exterior

History: c1600 with C18 alterations and recent conversion of attached outbuilding.

Exterior: Single-storey and attic farmhouse of sub-medieval origin. Whitewashed rubble construction under a slate roof with rebuilt brick chimney stack to left. Out of character modern dormers and modern window flanking porch. Diamond mullioned window retained to 2-window rear. Rubble forecourt wall to house. Converted barn to right has shallower pitch to roof.

Interior: Not accessible at time of inspection (Autumn 1995) but recorded as retaining post and panel partition reset in C18, Tudor doorhead, newel stair and A-frame roof structure.

Included notwithstanding recent alterations for the interest of the remaining interior detail.

References: Sir C Fox & Lord Raglan, Monmouthshire Houses, Part II, pp.44 and 116 (2nd edition 1994).
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