Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7915
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
11/03/1981
Date of Amendment
24/01/1995
Name of Property
The Olde Post Office
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Trewern
Town
Locality
Trewern
Easting
328110
Northing
311479
Street Side
Location
Situated above the road and to the north-east of Maesfron.
Description
Broad Class
Communications
Period
History
Built c1850 as staff cottages for Maesfron. At various times has been The Pheasant Inn and Trewern Post Office and has also been known as Maesfron Cottage.
Exterior
Roughcast front of yellow brick construction and with dark tile roof. Main block of 2 storeys, 3 bays, with central bay broken forward, gabled and provided with scalloped barge boards. To either side 2 flanking bays with lower roofs the upper floor windows breaking the eaves and gabled. Central door with depressed arch and boarded doors with planted half-round moulding forming a simple rectangular pattern. Iron lattice windows in chamfered and painted stone surrounds. Paired yellow brick round chimney shafts decorated with zig-zag and spiral ribs. Iron hoops for the hitching of horses remain attached to the front of the building.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed for the special interest of the well-preserved mid C19 character and for its historic interest as former estate cottages to Maesfron.
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