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
24533
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
19/01/2001
Date of Amendment
19/01/2001
Name of Property
Old School House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanwrtyd Wells
Town
Builth Wells
Locality
Abergwesyn
Easting
285972
Northing
253063
Street Side
Location
On the S side of the lane which runs from Abergwesyn to Beulah. The entrance faces N with a small car park to the E.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
A small rural school built in 1894, replacing an earlier school which had been based in a corrugated iron building. The school closed in 1927 and the building is now used as a community hall.
Exterior
Single-storey range orientated N-S with lower advanced gabled bay to E. Constructed of large blocks of random stone under steeply pitched pan-tile roofs. Detail includes a plinth with chamfered brick coping, quoins and flat-arched brick heads to openings, along with brick jambs and stone sills. The N gable end faces the road. The front entrance is a planked door into the N side of the E gabled bay, which is slightly set back. The E roof pitch of the main range extends downwards to form a porch over the entrance, supported by a timber pier. The N end of the main range has a large multi-pane 3-light wooden window with transom. The apex of the roof projects with a hipped end, and is supported on 2 cusped brackets. This would have housed a bell, now missing. The E gable end has a multi-pane cross window in the same style as the N window. No openings to W side. To the S gable is a 9-pane wooden window, below which is a blue brick lean-to with pan-tile roof. Into the W side of the lean-to is a planked door with overlight, within a late C20 half-glazed porch. Against the E end of the rear lean-to is a small stone lean-to at right angles, with a planked door into its E side under a segmental brick head.
Interior
No access to interior at time of inspection.
Reason for designation
Listed for its special interest as a small rural school building retaining its distinctive character.
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