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
7267
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/09/1986
Date of Amendment
25/09/1986
Name of Property
Gwernvale Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Crickhowell
Town
Locality
Gwernvale
Easting
321573
Northing
219120
Street Side
Location
On steeply rising ground beside Cwmbeth Brook at right angles to the road and reached by a short driveway entered between rubble gate piers.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Part of the Gwernvale Estate. Late Georgian early to mid C19 (on 1840 Tithe Map)
Exterior
2-storey, 3-window scribed stucco front with rusticated quoins; slate roofs, wide bracket eaves, rendered end chimney stacks. Recessed 12-pane sash windows and bay window with sash glazing to ground floor left. Central open pedimented doorcase with advanced cornice and pilasters; 5-pane fanlight and modern doors. Rendered left end wall with ornamental bargeboards to asymmetrical gable. Similar right end wall with remodelled range to rear, sash windows and 2-storey splayed bay with dentilled cornice.
Interior
Reason for designation
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