Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16362
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/08/1995
Date of Amendment
21/08/1995
Name of Property
Pen y Parc
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Berriew
Town
Locality
Cefn Vaynor
Easting
316661
Northing
300290
Street Side
Location
An isolated cottage on the edge of woodland within Vaynor Park. Approached via a field track which leaves the by-road to Cefn Vaynor at Lower Cefn Farm.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Originally C17, with remodelling work carried out by the Vaynor Estate c1850 (a drawing of proposed alterations is dated 1846).
Exterior
Timber framed in square panels with tension braces at angles, and painted brick plinth and nogging. Slate roof. Compact 2-unit plan, with central baffle entrance in timber gabled porch (c1850), with chamfered archway, and battened plank inner door. 2-light casement windows to either side, with bracketed hoods (a Vaynor Estate design). Framed dormers with similar windows aligned above. Axial brick stack, with square base and clustered octagonal flues. Small rubble stone outshut to rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
An excellent example of a small C17 timber framed cottage re-worked in the mid C19 to form a picturesque estate cottage.
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