Old Radnor Arms

The Old Radnor Arms is a house with an attached colourwashed stone barn, dating from the late 18th century, with later alterations and a malting house at the west end. The front elevation is pebbledashed and has four broad window bays. It has a slate roof and an attached large stone and brick stack on the front pitch, to the left of the entrance door. A former lean-to outbuilding is attached to the right gable. The barn at the west end has a steeper pitched roof covered in concrete tiles.

The house has five roof bays, with the original two-bay open hall structure defined by filled trusses. A stone, chamfered, depressed two-centred late 15th-century doorcase, situated within a rear lean-to, leads to what is now the kitchen. A draw bar housing is present. A heavily framed partition in the centre double bay has early ogee-stop chamfered joists resting on heavy cross beams. A lateral stack against the front wall contains a 19th-century range called ‘The Victorian’ by Nott & Co of Brecon, with a timber surround. A post and panel partition, with chamfered infilling boards and diagonal stops, leads to a double bay inner room at the west end, which features an off-centre gable fireplace with a chamfered stone surround. A cellar is located under the kitchen end, largely dating to the 19th century. On the upper floor, an end chamber also has a chamfered stone lintel to the gable fireplace and a small window in the west gable, with splayed reveals, now partially covered by a malthouse. The original roof trusses remain, incorporating tenoned collars and triple sturdy queen struts; timbers flanking the central bays are smoke blackened. Principal rafters are trenched for three tiers of purlins. Trusses 2 and 4 are filled with wattle and daub. The walls were raised in the early 19th century, and a new, lower-pitched roof was added over the original.

The attached malting house, dating from the early 19th century, has a flagged floor at the west end. In the west corner is a large tank constructed from sandstone slabs. There is a trap door to a windlass in the attic, with a planked hoist shaft. The attic has a lime-ash floor and a wooden dado to contain the sprouting barley. A lath and plaster flue indicates the former location of a kiln.