Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Sacred Cottage
Clyro, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 18 September 1962
- Locality
- Clyro
- Community
- Clyro
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.08722, -3.15116
- Cadw reference
- 8742
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Lies alongside a reputedly ancient lane, high up on the north west edge of the old part of the village.
History
Probably C18.
Exterior
1+-storey whitewashed rubble L-plan cottage with stone-tile roof. Tall, leaning, rubble chimney stack to south-west corner; gable end stacks to north and east. Boarded door on west side flanked by 19th century double cross windows under timber lintels. Further boarded door and small-paned casements to north side.
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of its local vernacular character.
Nearby in the register
- 21 The VillageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 20 The VillageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 25 The VillageDomesticunder 1 mi
- 26 The VillageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.