Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ty'r Eglwys
Melindwr, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 26 May 2004
- Locality
- Capel Bangor
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Melindwr
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.40300, -3.97663
- Cadw reference
- 82817
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated opposite parish church south of the A44 in Capel Bangor.
History
School-teacher's house attached to the former National School now church hall, 1852, by Roderick Williams of Aberystwyth.
Exterior
House is attached to the rear W of former school (listed separately). Rubble stone, two-storey, three-window structure with stone voussoirs to flat heads of three 1st floor windows and two ground floor windows and centre door. First floor windows are two-light with cast-iron diamond latticing, one side of window opens only. Ground floor windows similar 3-light with three square top lights. Slate sills. Front door C20, overlight filled-in. Red brick narrow chimney with 3 chimney-pots. Slate roof to steep pitch matching school roof, with some crested ridge tiles remaining, as on school house. Pine end to W has bracketed eaves, no windows.
Rear has C20 conservatory attached.
Reason for designation
Included with church hall as remarkable example of a mid C19 school and teacher's house, little altered.
Nearby in the register
- The Church HallEducationunder 1 mi
- Entrance gates to Church of St DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Church of Saint DavidReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone at Capel BangorTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.