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
83713
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/02/2005
Date of Amendment
18/02/2005
Name of Property
Gate piers and attached walls at entrance to Cefndyrys
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanelwedd
Town
Locality
Cefndyrys
Easting
304450
Northing
252809
Street Side
W
Location
At the main entrance to Cefndyrys from the A483, approximately 0.5km ESE of the house.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Cefndyrys was built 1787-90 for David Thomas. The gate piers and Cefndyrys Lodge were built in the mid C19, and are first shown on the 1889 Ordnance Survey, when the main entrance to the house was switched to the E side, replacing the previous main entrance by a drive on the SW side of the house. The gateway was slightly widened in the late C20, when the walls were partially taken down and the piers moved outwards, necessitating removal of the wooden gate.
Exterior
Square gate piers of tooled stone have a narrower upper stage of freestone carved with heraldic shields and with pyramid caps. The piers are flanked by concave rubble-stone walls with copings. Outer terminal piers are square with pyramid caps. On the R side the wall continues and abuts Cefndyrys Lodge.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for its special architectural interest as gate piers and walls retaining definite C19 character, forming a strong visual group with Cefndyrys Lodge, and for its overall contribution to the historic integrity of the house.
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