Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Lower House
Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Trelystan, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan, Powys, designated on 26 October 1953.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 October 1953
- Locality
- Trelystan
- Community
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.62539, -3.08533
- Cadw reference
- 7721
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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 approximately 0.4km SE of Trelystan church and situated at the end of a farm road on the E side of a minor road between Trelystan and Marton.
History
C18 house with integral servants' wing, to which single-storey wing was added late C18.
Exterior
One-and-a-half storey house consisting of a main range with rear wing, forming an L-plan, with single-storey wing added to rear wing. Timber-framed in square panels with brick nogging painted white, and with slate roof. External stack to R; axial stack to L of centre. The main range is 2-unit with an additional unit to L with a separate entrance. Three dormers have 2-light small-pane casements while the lower storey windows have 3-light casements with transoms. The door is boarded with an inserted glass panel. In the unit to L is a boarded door to R and a 2-light casement to L. In the L gable is a 2-light iron-frame casement window. To the rear of the main range are blocked openings and renewed framing, with a 2-light casement beneath the wall plate and a fixed light below. The rear wing has, in its gable end, a 4-light mullioned casement in the attic and a 2-light window below similar to main range. The R lateral wall is roughcast painted black and white. The single-storey wing has an end brick stack and lean-to on the gable end (modern brick but with earlier stonework visible) and with 2-light casements in the lateral walls.
Interior
The main range is 2-unit with a central stair hall and dog-leg stair.
Reason for designation
A good, late example of the local tradition of timber framing retaining its original character.
Nearby in the register
- Church of All SaintsReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Trelystan Church House Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Harp CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Offa's Pool DamAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.