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Severn Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in Forden with Leighton and Trelystan (Ffordun gyda Tre'r-llai a Threlystan), Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.6544 / 52°39'15"N

Longitude: -3.1281 / 3°7'41"W

OS Eastings: 323783

OS Northings: 306892

OS Grid: SJ237068

Mapcode National: GBR B1.5SMS

Mapcode Global: WH79P.XJLY

Plus Code: 9C4RMV3C+QP

Entry Name: Severn Lodge

Listing Date: 20 March 1998

Last Amended: 20 March 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19541

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300019541

Location: Located approximately 1.0km NW of Leighton church on R bank of River Severn.

County: Powys

Town: Forden

Community: Forden with Leighton and Trelystan (Ffordun gyda Tre'r-llai a Threlystan)

Community: Forden with Leighton and Trelystan

Locality: Lower Leighton

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

Later C19, possibly designed by the Liverpool architect W H Gee for John Naylor. Naylor, a Liverpool banker, had acquired the Leighton Estate in 1846-47 and embarked on an ambitious programme of building, notably Leighton Hall, church and Leighton Farm, all designed by Gee and completed by the mid 1850s. Leighton Hall was constructed 1850-56. Naylor continued to extend and improve the Estate until his death in 1889, during which time a number of lodges were built, all of which use similar materials but have subtle differences in their design, and which contrast with the plainer brick labourers’ cottages. Naylor’s grandson, Captain J.M. Naylor, sold Leighton Hall and the Estate in 1931.

Exterior

One-and-a-half storey lodge consisting of a gabled main range with wings to L and R. The wing to L is set further back and has a porch at the angle with the main range. Of coursed, rock-faced Cefn stone with ashlar dressings, coped gables on moulded kneelers; slate roof with axial stacks to the wings. The main range has a sash window in the attic above an ashlar canted bay with plain parapet and with a cross-window in the centre. The other main elevations have cross-windows with 8-pane sash windows in the attic. The porch has a plain parapet and narrow sash window in the side wall. The lintelled doorway has a boarded door with fake strap hinges. The L wing has an integral lean-to behind with corrugated iron roof.

Interior

Not inspected (November 1996).

Reasons for Listing

The Leighton Estate is an exceptional example of high-Victorian estate development. It is remarkable for the scale and ambition of its conception and planning, the consistency of its design, the extent of its survival, and is the most complete example of its type in Wales. Severn Lodge is an important element of this whole ensemble at Leighton. It is one of a series of lodges, all subtly different, which makes an important contribution to the architectural character of the Estate, and in contrast with the plainer brick labourers’ dwellings, expresses the hierarchy of estate buildings.

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  • II Bridge over channel N of Severn Lodge
    Located approximately 1.1km NW of Leighton church on N side of B4381 and R bank of River Severn.
  • II Lower Leighton Farm
    Located approximately 0.6km N of Leighton church opposite the junction between the B4388 and B4381.
  • II Henfaes House
    At the end of Henfaes Lane, which is a turning off the Leighton Road in the industrial estate E of the railway.
  • II Welshpool Railway Station Buildings
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  • II Former Retort House
    Located approximately 0.3km W of Leighton church and reached via a short minor road on W side of B4388 Leighton to Forden. The Former Retort House is on SE side of yard occupied by agricultural suppl
  • II Ysgol Maesydre
    At the S end of Howell Road to the SSW of the station.
  • II Powys County Council Offices
    At the bottom of Severn Street, close to its junction with the by-pass at the railway station.
  • II* Church of the Holy Trinity, Leighton
    Prominently sited on E side of the Severn valley, beside a minor road on E side of B4388, and at N entrance to Leighton Farm. The church is sited within a walled churchyard.

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