Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16206
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/07/1995
Date of Amendment
31/07/1995
Name of Property
Elan Valley Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Rhayader
Town
Locality
Elan Village
Easting
293271
Northing
264909
Street Side
Location
Above main village street, towards NW end of village.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Former school built by City of Birmingham for education of children of the village built for maintenance workers at Elan Valley reservoir scheme. Designed between 1906 and 1909 by Buckland, Haywood, & Farmer, architects, of Birmingham.
Exterior
Arts & Crafts style. Brown rubble with bathstone dressings, slate roof. Mullioned windows. Main block has louvred ventilator with pyramidal roof and pinnacle. Roof half-hipped (3-light mullioned windows to ends) and sweeps down at sides over 3-light windows; between these, 3 tall gables with large mullioned and transomed windows. To L, lower block with gable to front; to R, single storey blocks. Rear has 3 large gables with tall windows. To R of main block is tower with saddleback roof; to front, louvred camber-headed opening with bathstone panel below with shield, to sides 3-light louvred openings.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as striking example of building type, forming part of group of early C20 Arts & Crafts buildings in Elan Village.
Group value.
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