Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No 2
Rhayader, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Rhayader, Powys, designated on 31 July 1995.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 July 1995
- Community
- Rhayader
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27284, -3.56498
- Cadw reference
- 16212
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
To L of No 1, beside stream.
History
Detached house built by City of Birmingham for maintenance workers at Elan Valley reservoir scheme. Designed between 1906 and 1909 by Buckland, Haywood, & Farmer, architects, of Birmingham.
Exterior
Arts & Crafts style detached house. Two storeys. Brown rubble with bathstone dressings, slate roof. Mullioned windows (casements renewed). L-shaped plan, gable facing road (N) has corner chimney to L, 2-light window to first floor, 3-light window to ground floor, stair window to R. Entrance to R return of this gable. Gable facing W has 2-light first floor window, small window to L at lower level, ground floor window. South elevation has large chimney, dormer with 2-light window, ground floor splayed bay window, and 2 doors to storage sheds.
Reason for designation
High quality early C20 Arts & Crafts house, forming part of group of Garden Village buildings in Elan Village.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Small Stone BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- No 3Domesticunder 1 mi
- No 1Domesticunder 1 mi
- No 4Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.