Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Cwminkin
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 2005
- Locality
- Cwminkin
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.55614, -3.17627
- Cadw reference
- 87260
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated down track running SE from lane to Llandyssil, some 300m SW of junction with lane to Sutton Farm.
History
Cottage, one half of an early C19 pair with No 1, both extended in matching style in early C20 and with further lean-to in later C20. Said to have belonged to Sutton Farm. Marked on 1839 Tithe map as owned by the Powis estate, occupied by Susan Davies. Restored in later C20.
Exterior
Semi-detached cottage, red brick with slate roof and red brick ridge stack between the cottages. Brick work is to a garden-wall bond, larger bricks to end addition. Cottages are a mirrored pair with casement pair each floor on inner bay, the lower one with brick voussoirs, the upper one under eaves, then cambered headed doorway with ledged door under sloping slated hood on long raking supports and very slightly further out a small square single casement under eaves. Each cottage is extended by one bay with similar casement pair each floor and brick chimney on outer corner of front roof slope.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as one of a a pair of estate-built vernacular brick cottages.
Nearby in the register
- 1 CwminkinDomesticunder 1 mi
- Phipps TenementHealth and Welfareunder 1 mi
- Sutton FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Old Church of St. TyssilReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.