Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Including attached wall flanking drive
Machynlleth, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 19 November 1990
- Community
- Machynlleth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.59062, -3.84923
- Cadw reference
- 8452
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 LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Midway along the street at the eastern side of the northern entrance to the drive to Plas Machynlleth.
History
Built with No 62 as a lodge by the Londonderry family in mid Cl9 probably contemporary with the rebuilding of the Plas in l853.
Exterior
Tudorbethan style; 2-storey with coursed rubble elevations and slate roof; stone chimney stacks. Lozenge and diamond panelled glazed windows with stone mullions. The 2-window front includes advanced bay to right with gable and cross roof; stone parapet and broad stepped kneelers. Shallow projection to centre, crenellated to top with cornice; 2-light window with returned label over splayed bay. Similar lst floor window to left over modern boarded door with similar label.
Broader elevation to right flanking drive entry. This has an advanced and gabled section, itself with a shallow advanced bay splayed out to ground floor in the same manner as that on the front. Both the gabled and the window projections have stepped kneelers, the former rising to the chimney stack with chamfered edges (brick to top). This has a pilaster that leads down into the narrow projection with figurehead corbel base. The full width of the gabled section has plinth. 2 narrow windows to lst floor contained under deep Tudor label; crenellated parapet to bay window below. Roughcast rear.
Rubble wall continues to S bordering the drive and the garden for approximately 35 metres. At the northern end it contains a 4-centred arch doorway with deep Tudor label. Advanced section to right containing a blocked 3-light window formerly to a gardener's cottage.
Reason for designation
Group value with No 62, the gates and gate piers and listed items opposite.
Nearby in the register
- Gates and gate Piers at Northen Drive entry to Plas MachynllethDomesticunder 1 mi
- including attached Wall Flanking DriveDomesticunder 1 mi
- Owain Glyndwr InstituteCivilunder 1 mi
- Owain Glyndwr's Parliament HouseCivilunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.