Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Continuation walls to Gwernyfed High School Lodge
Gwernyfed, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Aberllyfni, Gwernyfed, Powys, designated on 5 January 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 5 January 1976
- Locality
- Aberllyfni
- Community
- Gwernyfed
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.02930, -3.20876
- Cadw reference
- 17046
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)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the junction of the driveway with the main Hay to Brecon road, with the lodge set at the W end.
History
1879, by William Eden Nesfield, the well-known Victorian country house architect.
Exterior
Stone wall continues from front of the Lodge to the W at approximately 2.2m as screen to service yard, sweeping forward and down to 1m high for 20m to the terminal pier with cornice at the W end.
Reason for designation
The lodge is included as a successful design by an eminent architect, and is an integral part of the drive entrance on the approach to the Grade II* Gwernyfed Park, now Gwernyfed High School.
Nearby in the register
- Lodge Gates and screen to Gwernyfed High SchoolDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gardener's cottage at Gwernyfed High School (Gwernyfed Park)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Glasshouses in kitchen garden at Gwernyfed High SchoolDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen garden walls, gatepiers and gates at Gwernyfed High SchoolEducationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.