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
18264
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/02/1997
Date of Amendment
24/02/1997
Name of Property
Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llangybi
Town
Lampeter
Locality
Betws Bledrws
Easting
259542
Northing
252075
Street Side
Location
Situated on E side of T-junction of A485 and minor road running N from Betws Bledrws village towards Derry Ormond.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid C19 former lodge to Derry Ormond, probably built to echo the mansion of 1824-6 by C.R. Cockerell, of which it reproduces the gable feature. Gravestones in the parish churchyard give the name variously as Derry Lodge and Lodge Deri. W front is flanked by two stone piers with ball finials, one with built-in letter-box. Not marked on the 1841 Tithe Map.
Exterior
Colourwashed stucco with slate pyramid roof, flat boarded eaves and apex later C19 yellow brick stack. One and a half storeys, square plan, each face with a central bargeboarded shallow gable over eaves attic tripartite lunette window. Windows of this type were also on Derry Ormond mansion. Plain casement pair in N gable. Ground floor has two triangular-headed windows with stone voussoirs (formerly stuccoed over) on each front except E. Windows are small-paned casement pairs with small-paned triangular top-lights. Painted stone or slate sills. W front has central door with matching triangular overlight. Added C20 lean-to porch. Rear E has ground floor obscured by C20 single storey addition.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as a lodge of unusual architectural design, and a significant relic of an important demolished country house in the region.
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