Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Trewern Cottage
Trewern, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 25 April 1950
- Locality
- Trewern
- Community
- Trewern
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.70696, -3.06365
- Cadw reference
- 7916
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 the rising slopes of Moel y Golfa, off Criggion Lane, and facing west.
History
Dated 1796.
The building occupies a site of an earlier farm shown on the site in the early C17.
Exterior
Farmhouse, Rendered and painted stone with slate roofs.
Two storeys, 3 bays, with single storey single bay hipped extensions at both ends, and C20 extension to rear.
Central gabled porch of painted brick, with channelled piers, originally open, now with late C20 door. Central bay gabled, with small oculus with glazing bars, now with plastic sheet cover. Long, originally 18-paned sashes, in segmental headed openings, replaced with hinged sashes in late C20. 16-paned sashes to the single storey extensions, but replaced on right. No windows to rear. Two brick stacks either side of the central stair hall. Roof of extension continues over the rear entrance on the S side.
Central to the rear wall, a slate panel inscribed AG/1796/IW.
Nearby in the register
- Trewern Farm (North) FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Upper Farm FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn to East of Trewern HouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Trewern House (also known as Trewern Farmhouse) (South)Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.