Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
22780
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/01/2000
Date of Amendment
28/05/2004
Name of Property
Retaining walls at Ysgoldy Fach
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Ceredigion
Community
Llangynfelyn
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Tre Taliesin
Easting
265812
Northing
291722
Street Side
Location
Former school is prominently situated on the E side of the main road on N side of village, built above high retaining wall.
Description
Broad Class
Education
Period
History
Retaining wall to former National School erected 1856, probably designed by Roderick Williams of Aberystwyth, architect and builder. Now used as a community hall.
Exterior
High rubble stone wall, approximately 3 metres tall. Roadside wall is parallel to the frontage of the school. Thin slab tabling with copings above of rounded vertically-laid stone slabs. Wall returns for short distance to right, abutting later playground wall: similar copings, and central gateway. To right, retaining wall slopes to ground level, providing ramped entry to gate.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Ysgoldy Fach.
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