Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
87202
Building Number
5
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/12/2005
Date of Amendment
09/12/2005
Name of Property
Tre-Elidyr
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Llanover
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Llanover
Easting
331076
Northing
208116
Street Side
Location
One of an informal grouping of cottages around the War Memorial Green in the centre of Llanover village.
Description
Broad Class
Period
History
Built c1925 as part of the development Tre-Elidyr designed by Alfred Powell. It was built as a memorial to WWI and to the son of Lord Treowen and others of the village who died in the conflict. The building is externally unaltered.
Exterior
Built of roughly squared rock faced local red sandstone rubble with natural slate roofs to the house and stone slate to the extension. Plain Arts-and-Crafts manner. Single storey and attic L-shaped plan cottage with a small service wing to left.
The main elevation faces the service road round the Memorial Green and is the inside angle of the L. Short wings to either side with a 2-light casement on the left and the entrance door and a second window on the right. Small weatherboarded end hipped service wing attached to left, this contains WC and coal house. Right gable has a large external stack and a 2-light casement in the attic floor. Steep mansard roof with gambrel ends.
Rear elevation not seen.
Interior
Interior not seen at resurvey.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as being a part of a planned War Memorial housing development around a green, which was designed by Alfred Powell and remains almost unaltered in detail.
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