Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Llanfair Caereinion, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Education
- Date of designation
- 1 April 1996
- Locality
- Llanfair Caereinion
- Community
- Llanfair Caereinion
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.65038, -3.32698
- Cadw reference
- 18359
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 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Location
Located on a high bank in a prominent position overlooking the town.
History
Built c1910-20, as the manse for the Presbyterian Church. It became the headmaster’s house for the Caereinion High School, and was converted in 1975 for practical teaching purposes. The architect is not known.
Exterior
Two storey, rectangular plan with projecting wing to NW. Roughcast brickwork with steep pitched, hipped roofs with wide projecting eaves. Natural slate roof coverings were replaced with artificial slates in 1960s. Entrance front to E, a three-window range with central entrance. Paired double doors with stained glass in lights. Wide canopy over the segmentally arched centre, set on attenuated brackets. Sixteen-paned sash windows, but narrower windows either side of entrance. SE front, facing town, has an asymmetrical shouldered stack, slightly set forward, the shoulders tiled and upper offsets roofed. Brick and rendered stack with side vents, coped with stone. Stair window, at back, has a stepped sill.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good example of early C20 neo_Georgian vernacular style, well detailed and boldly massed to exploit its prominent position above the town.
Nearby in the register
- Llanfair Caereinion Public Hall, Institute and LibraryEducationunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Victoria House (now N.F.U. Mutual Office)Commercialunder 1 mi
- The VicarageReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.