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Greenwood 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: 52.6225 / 52°37'21"N

Longitude: -3.1124 / 3°6'44"W

OS Eastings: 324792

OS Northings: 303333

OS Grid: SJ247033

Mapcode National: GBR B1.7Y4C

Mapcode Global: WH79X.5B5V

Plus Code: 9C4RJVFQ+22

Entry Name: Greenwood Lodge

Listing Date: 20 March 1998

Last Amended: 20 March 1998

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 19544

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300019544

Location: Located at the edge of a woodland plantation approximately 2.7km SSE of Leighton church, on the N side of a minor road between Forden and Trelystan and E side of Offa's Dyke long distance footpath.

County: Powys

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

Community: Forden with Leighton and Trelystan

Locality: Offa's Dyke

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

Late 1850s, 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 largely 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

Simple Tudor-Gothic style lodge of one-and-a-half storeys, consisting of a gabled main range with wings to L and R. The wing to R is set further back; the wing to L has a shallow porch at the angle with the main range. Of snecked, rock-faced Cefn stone with ashlar dressings, coped gables on moulded kneelers and with fleur-de-lys finials; slate roof and axial stacks on the wings. The main elevations have 2-light mullioned windows incorporating sashes. The front gable has a small sash window in the attic. The porch has a plain parapet with moulded coping and a panelled door. The L wing has a small trefoil attic window; the R wing has a small inserted attic window and a C20 wing behind.

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. Greenwood 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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