Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Oakhill, Penylan
Beulah, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 21 September 1964
- Locality
- Llandygwydd
- Community
- Beulah
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.06414, -4.57415
- Cadw reference
- 9886
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
Situated E of Penylan mansion, beyond coach-house, but approached by separate drive W of Llandygwydd Old Vicarage.
History
Mid C19 former coach-house and stables of Penylan mansion, probably contemporary with house, 1852-4 by E. Haycock of Shrewsbury. Not marked on 1841 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Cut Cilgerran stone facade with slate deep-eaved roof, and paired brackets to eaves. Two-storey, three-window range, centre advanced and pedimented, with blank roundel. Three first floor 12-pane hornless sashes with cut stone voussoirs, raised band over three ground floor segmental-arched coach entries with raised imposts and keystones. Wings each side were lofted stables, originally roughcast with Cilgerran stone plinth two 12-pane sashes and Cilgerran stone band. Roughcast largely removed. Right stable is little altered, left has ground floor early C20 garage doors and two loft windows, sills breaking band. Left end gable has loft casement pair. Rear of main range has end wall outside stairs to former loft door and C20 rear windows. To rear of right wing is roofless c1920 barn addition.
Interior
C20 interiors, some fragments of 4-stall stables in wings.
Reason for designation
Listed as a good late classical coach house and stable block, the exterior little altered in conversion. Group value with Coach House, Penylan.
Nearby in the register
- Coach-House to E of PenylanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- PenylanDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gates and Railings to PenylanDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old VicarageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.