Dolau House (including forecourt railings and gate)
A Grade II Listed Building in Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Powys
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Coordinates
Latitude: 52.2953 / 52°17'43"N
Longitude: -3.2624 / 3°15'44"W
OS Eastings: 313999
OS Northings: 267103
OS Grid: SO139671
Mapcode National: GBR 9V.XHFX
Mapcode Global: VH699.DKMS
Plus Code: 9C4R7PWQ+42
Entry Name: Dolau House (including forecourt railings and gate)
Listing Date: 17 June 1993
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 9282
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300009282
Location: Lies 30m south-east of the Mid-Wales Railway line opposite Dolau Station.
County: Powys
Community: Llanfihangel Rhydithon (Llanfihangel Rhydieithon)
Community: Llanfihangel Rhydithon
Locality: Dolau
Traditional County: Radnorshire
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History
Built mid-1860s by Thomas Watkins, local Quaker and benefactor. Watkins intended it to be a public house for the railway workers who were constructing the Mid-Wales line through Dolau, but these plans were dropped after objections from his Quaker Meeting; he eventually went to live there himself in retirement.
Exterior
Two storeys with attic rooms lit from gable end windows. Red brick, blue brick dressings, yellow brick voussoir window heads. Slate roof, boxed eaves, deep verges, two brick end stacks. Three-window front, all twelve-pane sashes without horns. pen-fronted, central gabled porch, modern glazed door.
Reasons for Listing
Prominent and unaltered village house of distinctive Victorian character. Group value with Dolau Baptist Chapel.
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