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
82832
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
28/05/2004  
Date of Amendment
28/05/2004  
Name of Property
Welsey Cottage and front wall with railings  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Ceredigion  
Community
Llangynfelyn  
Town
Machynlleth  
Locality
Tre'r Ddol  
Easting
266136  
Northing
292488  
Street Side
E  
Location
Situated on the northern side of Tre'r Ddol on the A487 and being the last house of the village.  

Description


Broad Class
 
Period
 

History
House, formerly known as Wesley House, built in 1871 for the Wesleyan ministers of Capel Soar, to designs by David Rees of Tre Taliesin.  

Exterior
Detached house of two storeys and three bays. Slate gabled roof with rubble stone chimneys to left and right, and deep bracketed eaves. Coursed rubble stone facade with and orange brick voussoirs to windows. Four-pane horned sashes apart from narrower 2-pane centre window over narrow centre door. Slate steps up to recessed 4-panel door with panelled reveals and plain rectangular overlight in painted timber doorcase with pilasters, frieze and cornice. Single storey rubble stone lean-to to right. Left end has two aligned 4-pane horned sash windows towards rear. Raised front garden with stone retaining wall with wrought iron railings with arrow headed finials and urn finials to stanchions. Similar gate on road level, from which five slate steps lead up to garden level.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as a well-preserved and well-detailed later C19 village house, still in the Georgian tradition. Well-documented history as the manse for Capel Soar.  

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