Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Vyrnwy House (including the front garden railings)
Meifod, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Meifod Village, Meifod, Powys, designated on 31 January 1953.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 January 1953
- Locality
- Meifod Village
- Community
- Meifod
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.71026, -3.25368
- Cadw reference
- 7648
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 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 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 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Located opposite the churchyard near the corner of road to Meifod Pentre.
History
A substantial house of the early C19, once the home and shop of Maurice Morris, the chemist, a prominent local figure.
Exterior
Roughly coursed large stone rubble with a slate roof. Three storeys, 3 bays. Central stair hall and flanking reception rooms. Four-panelled half-glazed door within a fine Tuscan doorcase and flat pediment. Sixteen-paned sashes retaining original glass, in openings with slightly cambered heads. Gable stacks.
Narrow front garden with fleur-de-lys-headed railings set on a dwarf stone wall, returned at the ends.
Interior
Not accessible at the time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Included as a key building of the continuous build opposite the churchyard, of group value and within the conservation area.
Nearby in the register
- Fountain at the fornt of Aldwyn HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- House adjoining The Old Post Office at the N EndDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old Post OfficeDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ger-y-Nant (Brook House)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.