History

Built c1910-20, as the manse for the Presbyterian Church. It became the headmaster’s house for the Caereinion High School, and was converted in 1975 for practical teaching purposes. The architect is not known.

Exterior

Two storey, rectangular plan with projecting wing to NW. Roughcast brickwork with steep pitched, hipped roofs with wide projecting eaves. Natural slate roof coverings were replaced with artificial slates in 1960s. Entrance front to E, a three-window range with central entrance. Paired double doors with stained glass in lights. Wide canopy over the segmentally arched centre, set on attenuated brackets. Sixteen-paned sash windows, but narrower windows either side of entrance. SE front, facing town, has an asymmetrical shouldered stack, slightly set forward, the shoulders tiled and upper offsets roofed. Brick and rendered stack with side vents, coped with stone. Stair window, at back, has a stepped sill.

Reasons for Listing

Listed as a good example of early C20 neo_Georgian vernacular style, well detailed and boldly massed to exploit its prominent position above the town.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29495859

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)