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
8758
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
18/09/1960
Date of Amendment
18/01/1996
Name of Property
Parc Gwynne
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glasbury
Town
Locality
Glasbury
Easting
317585
Northing
239140
Street Side
SW
Location
Parc Gwynne is located on the SW side of The Green, set in its own grounds behind its entrance gates and coachhouse. The grounds extend W to a terrace overlooking the river and flood plain of the Wye.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The house was originally built c. 1800, and was bought as a Vicarage for All Saints c.1922, and reverted to private ownership c.1940.
Exterior
Rubble stone, the gable ends rendered. Slate roof. The house comprises a symmetrical 3 bay, 2 storey and attic main block, with a set-back service wing to the right, ending in a gabled cross wing. Central C20 glazed door in a fluted doorcase. Twelve-paned sashes to reception rooms on each side. Rendered and painted plat band. The first floor has three 12-paned sashes with timber lintels, and a bargeboarded central gable, probably rebuilt on a larger scale, containing a semi-circular attic window. Gable stacks. The service wing to the right is of roughcast brick, containing the kitchen and ancillary rooms. Arched porch. Lateral painted brick cross wing. Early C20 timber windows and a paned 2-light window to the cross wing.
Interior
Central through hallway with a dog-leg stair with turned newels. Reception rooms to each side and the original narrow rear service rooms to the rear forming a double pile; these extended back at a later date.
Reason for designation
Included as one of a group of late C18-early C19 substantial houses in the centre of Glasbury. Of group value in the Conservation Area.
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