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
31/03/2004
Date of Amendment
31/03/2004
Name of Property
Plas y Creuddyn
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Locality
Llanfihangel y Creuddyn
Location
Situated some 400m E of village approached by drive crossing the Afon Ceunant.
History
Former vicarage of 1866-7 by R J Withers, built for £1500, in the simplified Gothic style used for vicarages by Withers and other High Victorian Gothic architects, without overt Gothic detail but with asymmetries as required by function. Withers designed notable vicarages at Aberaeron, Tremain, Llanbadarn Fawr, and Llanarth.
Exterior
House, former vicarage, rubble stone with slate roof and 2 black brick C20 ridge stacks. Minimal Gothic style, one and a half storeys, 4 bays. Asymmetrical front with ground floor openings in reveals with shallow triangular heads, cut stone voussoirs, two 12-pane sash windows to left of doorway, one to right. Raised plinth. Over second and third bays are two 9-pane flat-headed sashes with chamfered stone lintels under gables. Door is deeply recessed in doorway, square-headed with overlight over 6-panel door. Windows have stone sills.
Right end wall has similar sash window to each floor to left and narrower 8-pane sash to ground floor right. Rear NE wing has original stone ridge chimney over junction with main range, N end 12-pane sash over 8-pane sash to left and 12-pane stair light at mid height to right. Rear right is outshut with thin black brick chimney and 3 narrow sash windows. Left end wall has 12-pane sash each floor to right, 9-pane over 6-pane to left and door to extreme left, all with triangular heads and stone voussoirs.
Interior
Interior has simple dog-leg stair with chamfered and stopped edges to newel with octagonal finial.
Reason for designation
Included as a well-designed Victorian vicarage in simplified Gothic style, retaining good original character.
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