Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9274
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
23/05/1974
Date of Amendment
17/06/1993
Name of Property
The Parish Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanfihangel Rhydithon
Town
Locality
Easting
315084
Northing
266721
Street Side
N
Location
Prominent roadside position in centre of Llanfihangel Rhydithon, 50m north-west of the parish church.
Description
Broad Class
Recreational
Period
History
Tollhouse of c.1800 converted to schoolhouse in 1848 when adjoining new school-room added. Became Parish Hall upon closure of school in 1930s.
Exterior
Single-storey octagonal tollhouse, coursed rubble, hipped slate roof with leaded ridges, boxed eaves. Blocked former entrance on roadside with stone plaque above reading: "This school was erected by subscriptions of the Freeholders and Inhabitants of this parish AD 1848".
Original projecting rubble stack on north-west side now capped by the roof. Single windows to the two side walls flanking the entrance, each with flat voussoir arch and stone cill, tall mullion and transom lights with small-pane glazing. Blocked window at north-west end.
Single-storey entrance section links former tollhouse to taller single-storey school-room with high pitched roof. Rubble blocks, ashlar quoins and window dressings. Slate roof with two small dormer lights set near to the ridge. Gable end encased in tin sheeting. Boarded entrance door in shouldered arch doorway. Twin, paired sash windows with central chamfered ashlar mullions. Plain rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Prominently-sited, early C19 building of considerable interest to social history of the area.
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