Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Guilsfield, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Varchoel, Guilsfield, Powys, designated on 22 February 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 February 1995
- Locality
- Varchoel
- Community
- Guilsfield
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.70850, -3.13922
- Cadw reference
- 15811
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located on rising ground 3km miles N of Welshpool along a straight drive approximately 150m from the road.
History
House, probably C18. Timber framed with colourwashed panels, slate roof. One storey with attics, 3 bays, the centre bay wider, probably the living hall with parlour behind the axial 4-flue stack in the NE bay.
Exterior
Framing 3 panels high with corner braces to main posts. Entrance through boarded door with a shaped doorhead in left bay. Timber windows with Gothic arched lights. Three gabled dormers with shaped bargeboards. Later service room added behind the left bay, now the kitchen.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a typical small Montgomeryshire farmhouse in a conspicuous position.
Nearby in the register
- Milestone at Varchoel CottagesTransportunder 1 mi
- Canal Bridge on Roadway to the BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- 2 B4392Domesticunder 1 mi
- March HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.