Druid's Altar is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. Cottage.
Druid's Altar
- WRENN ID
- veiled-lantern-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1998
- Type
- Cottage
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Druid's Altar is a two-storey cottage with an added higher cross-wing on the left side, featuring Tudor-Gothic details. The cottage is constructed of random rubble painted white, while the cross-wing is made of coursed rubble. The slate roofs are adorned with cusped barge boards and pendant finials, and the wing has two external brick stacks on the right side wall that rise above the eaves.
The original cottage has two windows, which are 19th-century casements. In the upper storey, these windows are positioned beneath the wall plate on the left, with a segmental head, and there is a gablet on the right. The doorway on the lower right has a segmental head and a replaced half-lit door. The wing features openings with dressed limestone surrounds, including mullioned windows with hood moulds. The front gable end displays a two-light window in the upper storey under a four-centred head, complete with head stops on the hood moulds. The lower storey has a four-light window with a panel-traceried head and a hood mould.
On the left side wall, which overlooks the valley, there is a central gabled bay with a two-light window that incorporates original wooden casements in the upper storey. Below this, a projecting, embattled porch features a flattened elliptical arch leading to a doorway with a Tudor head and a half-lit door that has Gothic tracery. To the right of the gabled bay is another two-light window. The rear gable end mirrors the front, while the right side wall contains a two-light window positioned behind the earlier cottage. The rear of the cottage has two windows, with two- and one-light casements in the upper storey, a two-light window on the lower right, and an added projection on the lower left.
The building was not inspected at the time of the survey in December 1997.
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