Llys Maldwyn, Machynlleth, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5922 / 52°35'31"N

Longitude: -3.8529 / 3°51'10"W

OS Eastings: 274584

OS Northings: 300988

OS Grid: SH745009

Mapcode National: GBR 92.9VBB

Mapcode Global: WH57G.S3HL

Plus Code: 9C4RH4RW+VV

Entry Name: Llys Maldwyn

Listing Date: 19 November 1990

Last Amended: 19 November 1990

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 8394

Building Class: Domestic

Also known as: Llys Maldwyn,Heol-Y-Doll

ID on this website: 300008394

Location: Below the former Vane Almshouses on the northern edge of the town.

County: Powys

Community: Machynlleth

Built-Up Area: Machynlleth

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

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History

Built in 1852 as the Vane Infant School by Earl Vane of Plas Machynlleth to commemorate the birth of his heir, CharlesáStewart Vane-Tempest. In l892 it became the Londonderry Hospital - the first in Machynlleth. This closed in l935 and subsequently became a private house.

Exterior

Single storey Tudor Gothic structure with 5-bay pebbledashed front including advanced gabled bay to centre; plinth and end pilaster strips. Hipped slate roof, wide overhanging eaves and stone chimney stacks to rear; decorative bargeboards, pendant and finial to the central gable. Architraves with rosette bosses to 3-light casement windows with high transoms and small pane Gothic top lights; lower glazing bars removed. Pointed arch entrance to centre with chamfered edges and bosses; keystone rises to blind panel which formerly read Londonderry Cottage Hospital. Recessed modern door retaining original ogee traceried fanlight.

Scribed render side elevations, 3-light small pane window to right. Swept roof dormer to whitewashed rubble rear and cross range with brick chimney stack, formerly the operating theatre. Rubble wall borders rear courtyard; doorway formerly led to mortuary.

Iron railed forecourt to front with spearhead finials and acorn finials to principal uprights. Similar gate to right between tall rubble gate piers.

Interior

Interior has been remodelled.

Reasons for Listing

Group value with Minfor, War Memorial, Pillar-Box and No 36 Heol Penrallt.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Minfor (formerly Vane Almhouses)
Above and behind Llys Maldwyn near the northern edge of the town.
II Boundary Walls and Railings to the East part of the Churchyard to the Parish Church of St. Peter
Borders the small churchyard to N of the town centre; curves around the corner into Heol-y-Doll and returns in front of Londonderry Terrace.
II Pillar Box on corner below Minfor
Around the corner from main (A487) road; on pavement close to railed grounds of Minfor (former Vane Almshouses).
II War Memorial
Facing SW at the top of Penrallt Street at the junction with Heol-y-Doll and Maes Glas; opposite the churchyard. On sloping site.
II NO.36 Heol Penrallt, Powys
At the top end of a short terrace on corner with Maes Glas, set in the slope.
II Parish Church of St Peter
To N of the town centre.
II Accommodation to hearse-house
Set back from the road on the left hand side of the main approach to St Peter's Parish Church. The property comprises the whole of 27 Church Place and adjacent element of 25 Heol Penrallt fronting ont
II Aberllefenni House
At the N end of Heol Penrallt, on the W side on the corner of Church Place and the approach to St Peter's Parish Church.

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Llys Maldwyn

A Grade II Listed Building in Machynlleth, Powys