Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rock Cottage
Llandyssil, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Cwm-mule, Llandyssil, Powys, designated on 14 July 1997.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 14 July 1997
- Locality
- Cwm-mule
- Community
- Llandyssil
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.53778, -3.23008
- Cadw reference
- 18537
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located at the end of a narrow trackway which runs parallel with the River Mule, 0.8Km SE of Abermule Village.
History
Early C19; shown on the Llandyssil Tithe Map of 1839. Possibly at one time two small dwellings.
Exterior
Small whitened brick cottage under a slate roof with brick gable stack to S. (A north gable stack may have existed previously). Saw tooth dentilled course. Small lean-to at N end. Two storey, 2-window range. Multi-pane casement windows rising to eaves in upper storey. Matching windows below under segmental brick heads, except for one casement which has been replaced. To the left of each is a planked door under a segmental brick head. Panelled door to front of lean-to under timber lintel.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed as a well preserved example of a small early C19 vernacular brick dwelling.
Nearby in the register
- Cwm-mule MillIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Bridge at Cwm-muleTransportunder 1 mi
- Oak Tree CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bridge at Fronfraith MillTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.