Seven centuries of Welsh design are embedded in this Powys longhouse

Set on the slopes of Carngafallt in Powys — an RSPB reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest — ‘Bwlch Coch’ is a cruck-framed Welsh longhouse that traces its origins back more than 700 years. The four-bedroom farmhouse has been carefully restored over two decades, its stone walls, oak beams and limewashed surfaces supporting a dialogue between heritage and modern craft. The home feels deeply rooted in its landscape yet quietly contemporary in spirit.

Photography: Inigo.

Across 4,200sqm, the interiors reveal their history through texture and proportion. A wide inglenook fireplace anchors the main living room, where a 17th-century oak plank and muntin screen remains in situ. The kitchen, painted in Annie Sloan’s English yellow, balances vernacular warmth with confident colour. Upstairs, the principal suite opens beneath a pitched timber roof, framing long views of the surrounding Elan Valley.

Outside, five acres of landscaped gardens, wild meadow and newly planted woodland complete the setting, an evolving collaboration between architecture and ecology. The property is listed for £950,000 with Inigo.

Photography: Inigo.

Seven centuries of Welsh design are embedded in this Powys longhouse

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