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Gates, piers and walls at entrance to Glanwysg

A Grade II Listed Building in Sennybridge, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9438 / 51°56'37"N

Longitude: -3.5781 / 3°34'41"W

OS Eastings: 291624

OS Northings: 228435

OS Grid: SN916284

Mapcode National: GBR YF.MP40

Mapcode Global: VH5FD.XDSQ

Plus Code: 9C3RWCVC+GQ

Entry Name: Gates, piers and walls at entrance to Glanwysg

Listing Date: 28 October 2005

Last Amended: 28 October 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 86911

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300086911

Location: Situated on S side of A40 just W of Sennybridge.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Maescar (Maes-car)

Community: Maescar

Locality: Sennybridge

Built-Up Area: Sennybridge

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Entrance gates to Glanwysg or Glanusk a small country house built in 1822 for John Christie owner of the Brecon Forest Tramway.

Exterior

Two gatepiers of tooled stone with square stepped caps and low plinths, double iron gates ramped down to meeting stile, with double mid-rail and spearhead bars. Two curving walls out to outer piers of squared tooled stone. A length of rubble wall runs back from the W pier to link to a tooled stone pentagonal pier with flat cap.

Reasons for Listing

Included for its special interest as the entrance to a late Georgian country house, of group value with Glanwysg.

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  • II Castle Du Cottage
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  • II Milestone outside Milestone Cottage
    Situated on the N side of the A40 opposite lane to Castle Farm.
  • II Sion Baptist Chapel
    Situated on the E side of Sennybridge on the S side of the A40 some 100m W of the bridge over the Afon Senni.
  • II Castle House
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  • II Maespoeth House
    Situated just E of Pont Senni in centre of Sennybridge, on S side of A40.
  • II The former Drug Stores
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  • II Trephilip
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