Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Green Square
Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 22 March 1993
- Community
- Llanfyllin
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.76682, -3.27381
- Cadw reference
- 8588
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
Facing High Street to L of entrance to churchyard, set behind railed cobbled forecourt.
History
Built circa 1840 for Headmaster and Headmistress of National School. Possibly earlier origins since heavy axial beams to interior.
Exterior
Pair of houses in rubble, half-hipped slate roof, triple-stack central brick chimney. Two storeys plus attic, two windows, doors to ends. First floor windows set deeply below eaves, broad camber-headed with multi-pane glazing. Ground floor windows similar but larger, L house has camber-headed doorway with original boarded door; R house has square-headed doorway with modern door. Gable elevation to R has camber-headed window at attic level.
Gable elevation to L has camber-headed window at attic level and section in red brick marking former presence of chimney. Elevation to rear, facing church has, to each house, two camber-headed windows to first floor, single taller camber-headed window to ground floor, all with multi-pane glazing.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Green SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- St. Myllin's ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 24 High Street (Y dderwen Werdd)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Tai ClochyddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.