Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
17052
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
28/09/1961
Date of Amendment
15/12/1995
Name of Property
Gatepiers to inner court in front of Old Gwernyfed with garden walls on each side
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Gwernyfed
Town
Locality
Felindre
Easting
318282
Northing
236529
Street Side
Location
Located axially on the approaching driveway to the main SE front of Old Gwernyfed, and placed symmetrically between the corner towers.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Ornamental garden gate piers of c1600-1650.
Exterior
The square piers are of channel-rusticated limestone ashlar, with stepped necking mouldings, an arcaded frieze and moulded cornice. Stepped pyramidal cap carries a fluted square pedestal to a ball finial.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as an important garden feature in the Grade I assemblage of historic buildings at Old Gwernyfed, re-located in a position of group value with the house and circular towers.
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