Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Little House, also known as Gwerneirin Cottage
Llandinam, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Gwerneirin, Llandinam, Powys, designated on 26 November 1996.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 November 1996
- Locality
- Gwerneirin
- Community
- Llandinam
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.49086, -3.45053
- Cadw reference
- 17785
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)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
The Cottage is set close to the road, beside a former trackway to Middle Gwern-eirin farm, for which it probably formed a lodge.
History
The cottage bears the date 1692, originally over the door, now reset over the window since a porch was added.
Exterior
Timber framed, with whitewashed infill panels, hipped slate roof replacing thatch after 1920. Single storey, with roof space converted to an attic bedroom in c.1960's when a gabled dormer was added. Square panel framing, without braces, 9 panels long by 4 wide, and 2 panels high. C20 door within open porch and paned timber windows renewed in earlier openings. Brick stack.
Interior
The door opens to a lobby against the timber framed stack. Living room to left, with central spine beam with ogee chamfer stops. Timber framed cross partition has doors to a parlour, and a small service room. Behind the stack a second service room or parlour. The stack has a stone built oven on the rear wall.
Reason for designation
Included, notwithstanding alterations and loss of thatch and original windows, as an example of a particularly rare type of small rural dwelling, which still retains its original form.
Nearby in the register
- BroneirionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Broneirion LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Retaining walls, gates and piers to BroneirionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cefn Carnedd CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.