Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
17811
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/11/1996
Date of Amendment
26/11/1996
Name of Property
Gelli Lodge
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Nantcwnlle
Town
Lampeter
Locality
Trefilan
Easting
254819
Northing
257288
Street Side
Location
Situated at head of E drive to Gelli, some 300m NW of Trefilan church
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C19 picturesque lodge to Gelli, house of the Rogers family. Derelict in C20 and largely reconstructed 1979 for the Hon. John Vaughan. Marked on 1841 Trefilan Tithe Map.
Exterior
Rendered walls, originally cob, with thatched umbrella roof on eight rough pine posts (replaced 1979). Central rubble stone stack of elongated octagonal plan, with water tabling and projecting cap. Single-storey, octagonal plan, slightly elongated. Pointed ledged door SE, small pointed window, casement with pointed top-light, E and W, larger window N, a casement pair with Y-tracery top-light.
Interior
Left unfinished since 1980. Central stack, small rooms.
Reason for designation
Listed, despite extensive rebuilding, as very rare example of a picturesque entrance lodge of the type associated with John Nash.
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