Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Buttington Vicarage
Trewern, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 March 1981
- Locality
- Buttington
- Community
- Trewern
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.67121, -3.11086
- Cadw reference
- 15648
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
The building lies some 200 yards S of Buttington Church.
History
Built in 1836 as Buttington Vicarage.
Exterior
Breidden dolerite elevations with squared flush quoins under a slate roof. Two storeys, square double pile plan, with central stair hall leading from entrance on E. Double part-glazed doors within an unmoulded doorcase. Single central 16-pane sash with flat stone lntel and slightly raised keystone. Further 16-pane sashes with similar keyed lintels. Rebuilt square brick stacks. To rear, a 2-storey brick service extension with pyramidal slate roof, with 3 and 6-pane sashes, added 1867-8. Interior retains staircase with wreathed handrail.
Adjacent, a single storey washhouse with gable stack, and a later C19 carriage house and stable of red brick, the carriage arch of recessed orders of blue brick. Two doors and shutters to loft over.
Reason for designation
Listed as a handsome example of a substantial country vicarage, which remains largely unaltered.
Nearby in the register
- Church of All SaintsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- The Green Dragon InnCommercialunder 1 mi
- The MalthouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Buttington BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.