History

The name Hen Bersondy (Old Parsonage) suggests that this may have been the parsonage before that function transferred to what is now Beech House. The lower part of the building is probably C17, whilst the higher section may date from around 1900.

Exterior

Two-storey house; stone with stone tiled roofs; casement glazing. To L, lower, older section has single first floor window and two ground floor windows with hoodmoulds. At L end, a lean-to porch; brick chimney to L end.
To R, section with higher roof line has stone chimney on ridge; window to each floor, and then a projecting gabled block (small ground floor window in L return) with 3-light window over doorway with stone-tiled canopy. Right end of house has window to each floor. Rear corner has tall stone chimney; rear of this block is also gabled.

Reasons for Listing

House with surviving C17 character, and later extensions with good quality Arts and Crafts character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29508063

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record