Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No. 2 Forest Lodge Cottages
Glyn Tarell, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 7 August 1995
- Locality
- Forest Lodge
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Glyn Tarell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.90658, -3.51142
- Cadw reference
- 16274
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on minor road to S of A4215, some 3 km from junction with A470. No. 2 is at right angles to No 1.
History
One of a row of four earlier C19 agricultural workers cottages associated with the big model farm at Forest Lodge. No 1 is at a right angle to the rest, and No 2 has a narrower front as it extends behind the pine end of No 1. Single storey outbuildings on the ends of Nos. 1 and 4.
Exterior
Terraced house, rubble stone, whitewashed to rear, with slate roof and C20 brick left end chimney. Two storeys, two-window range with brick cambered heads to ground floor openings, small-paned casement-pair glazing and boarded door in gabled timber porch with half-glazed door. Three-window rear wall with Brecon hopper type windows, 9-pane each side, 6-pane in centre.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a rare unspoilt example of rural workers housing. Group value with the adjacent houses.
Nearby in the register
- No. 3 Forest Lodge CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 1 Forest Lodge CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 4 Forest Lodge Cottages (including outbuilding to left)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Forest LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.