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.
Date of Designation
01/04/1996
Date of Amendment
01/04/1996
Name of Property
The Vicarage
Community
Llanfair Caereinion
Locality
Llanfair Caereinion
Location
In a raised position overlooking the town. On a landscaped terrace supported by masonry retaining walls. Circular boundary.
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
History
Said to have been built c1801.
Exterior
Rendered and white painted, probably over masonry. L-shaped rear wing in brickwork, white-painted. Slate roof. Three bays, three storeys, double pile plan. Additional L-shaped rear wing. Gable chimney stacks, central bay gabled and slightly set forward, within a full height arch. Modillion eaves; timber barge boards with open work and timber finial. Central entrance with 6-panelled door with overlight in pedimented doorcase. The entablature extends to both sides over canted bay windows, which are 12-pane sashes with 4 x 1½ lights to each side. First floor windows are 12-pane flush framed sashes. Second floor windows are 6-pane sashes. SE side - sash windows to rear rooms, one on each floor. All windows have stone sills, painted. Plinth, rendered over stone, painted. Rear wing; loft with gable door on SE side. Ground floor entrance possibly to former stable has chamfered, brick arch.
Interior
Examination not possible at time of inspection (October 1995).
Reason for designation
Listed as a fine, unaltered example of a Regency vicarage.
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