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Welshpool, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Golfa, Welshpool, Powys, designated on 11 March 1981.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 11 March 1981
- Locality
- Golfa
- Community
- Welshpool
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.65545, -3.17979
- Cadw reference
- 7755
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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
Above the A458 Dolgellau Road, 1km approx W of the roundabout to the W side of Welshpool.
Exterior
History: The main body of the house is timber framed and possibly of C17 origin, but it was remodelled c1820, and extended with a gabled cross wing to the E c1850.
Exterior: Main range is rendered to front (S-facing) elevation, with square panelled box-framing exposed in rear. Painted brick cross range. Slate roofs throughout, and axial stacks, with blue brick caps. Low 2-storeyed 4-window range, with entrance to right of centre: 6-panelled door with 12-pane sash window to its left, then shallow canted bay windows to either side, with floor-height casements with horizontal glazing bars. These are linked across the frontage by a fine cast-iron 3-bay veranda, its trelliswork enriched with acanthus motifs etc. French window to right with glazing matching that in the canted bays. 4 irregularly spaced 9-pane sash windows below the eaves. Cross wing to right has 9-pane sash window to first floor only: its return elevation (E- facing) has doorway to right: 6-panelled door in porch gable supported on long raking struts; tripartite window to the left, and paired 9-pane sashes to first floor. Box-framing exposed in rear elevation, which has small-paned iron casement windows; rear wing is also partially timber framed, but is a later addition: the surviving framing is of smaller scantling.
The house derives much of its character from the remodelling of c1820 and retains good detailing from this period. It is of additional interest in so far as this work represents the remodelling of an earlier structure, with much of the earlier fabric surviving.
Nearby in the register
- Nant-y-cawsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanerchydol HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llanerchydol Hall Stable Block including entrance to courtyardDomesticunder 1 mi
- Golfa HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.