Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
16393
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/10/1953
Date of Amendment
21/08/1995
Name of Property
Gro Cottage
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Berriew
Town
Locality
Refail
Easting
319346
Northing
300445
Street Side
Location
Just off the main A483 immediately to the N of its crossing of the River Rhiw.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Probably C17 in origin, remodelled by the Vaynor Estate c1850.
Exterior
Timber framed with slate roofs. Brick axial stack, with square base and octagonal shafts, of a type associated with the Vaynor Estate. Box framing with plastered panel infill, and some painted brick. One and a half storeyed, 3-unit plan, with axial stack. Baffle entry (in added porch), and casement windows (formerly with latticed panes) with canopy hoods. Similar windows in rear elevation, and a canted bay window to the left. Gabled dormers within the roof. Weather-boarded outbuilding adjoins the house to the SW.
Interior
Reason for designation
A good example of the way in which a vernacular cottage was remodelled by the Vaynor Estate during the C19.
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