7753

 

II  

Designated  

11/03/1981  

29/02/1996  

No 7 Sarn-y-bryn-caled Cottages  

 

Powys  

Welshpool  

 

Sarn-y-bryn-caled  

321958  

305091  

 

The cottages are on the old line of the Welshpool-Newtown Road, cut-off by the Welshpool by-pass and now a by-road leading to the canal at Belan Lock  

Domestic  

 

 

History: The cottages form part of a small settlement, developed by the Powis Estate to house its agricultural workers, between c1830 and 1881. This pair was built between 1861 and 1871. Description: Coursed and squared snecked local sandstone to main front, the rest brick; graded slate roof with axial brick stack. 2 storeys, each a single unit plan with shared rear wing. Paired central doorways - battened plank doors in simple shallow timber porches (No 7 retains the original, with decorative panelling to architrave). Flanking windows are iron small-paned casements, with flat arched voussoir heads to ground floor. Part of a group of model cottages forming an excellent example of a small estate settlement which retains much of its original character. Reference: Stephen Hughes, The Archaeology of the Montgomeryshire Canal, 1988, p.92.