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
18533
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/07/1997
Date of Amendment
14/07/1997
Name of Property
Castle Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llandyssil
Town
Locality
Dolforwyn
Easting
315037
Northing
294861
Street Side
Location
The cottage is sited in woodland on the ridge immediately SW of Dolforwyn Castle.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Built between 1820 and 1840.
Exterior
Single storeyed cottage. Timber framed with brick plinth and panel infill; slate roof with brick axial stack. Three-unit plan with chimney away from the entrance between the 2 upper units; contemporary rear outshut with further brick stack. Box framed in regular square panels, 2 panels high. Plank door and 2-light small-paned iron casement windows immediately below the eaves. Small original lean-to, also timber framed, against the lower gable, which is slate hung above it.
Interior
Not accessible at time of inspection (February 1997).
Reason for designation
Listed as an exceptionally well-preserved and scarcely altered example of a small vernacular cottage, which is of particular interest as illustrating the continuation of traditions of planning and construction into the C19.
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