Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rheidol House
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 March 2005
- Locality
- Pontarfynach
- Town
- Aberystwyth
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.37581, -3.85852
- Cadw reference
- 84265
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
On the W side of Devil's Bridge on a bend in the A4120 some 120m W of its junction with the B4343.
History
Mid C19 detached house. A building is marked on site on 1847 Tithe map but this looks of slightly later date. The diagonally set chimneys are more typical of houses built for gentry estates.
Exterior
House, painted stucco and slate eaves roof with wavy bargeboards and prominent brick stacks each with two diagonally-set shafts. Two-storeys, three bays with renewed 16-pane sashes. Door in gabled stuccoed porch with bargeboards, in between centre and right windows. Porch has 16-pane window to front and C20 half-glazed door to left side. Left end wall of painted rubble stone. Attached to right end is rubble stone lower outbuilding with slate roof, single storey further outbuilding beyond.
Interior
Not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as a mid C19 house of early Victorian architectural character.
Nearby in the register
- Capel Mynach and chapel house attached to leftReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Devil's Bridge StationTransportunder 1 mi
- Hafod Arms HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
- Automobile Association Telephone Call BoxCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.