South tower in the inner front garden with garden wall running to SW ring of the house is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. Tower.

South tower in the inner front garden with garden wall running to SW ring of the house

WRENN ID
waiting-threshold-heath
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 September 1961
Type
Tower
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The south tower in the inner front garden, along with the garden wall that runs to the southwest wing of the house, is a Grade II* listed structure. This circular tower is two storeys high and constructed of rubble sandstone, topped with a conical stone slate roof. The upper floor features a dovecote that contains ten tiers of nest boxes, although the floor is missing. At the base, there is a stone string at plinth level and two blocked two-light hollow chamfered stone windows.

The ground floor includes a depressed Tudor chamfered doorcase located at the garden corner. Access to the upper floor is provided by an independent walled dog-leg stair that leads from a Tudor-headed gate in the southern garden wall. The upper floor originally had a raking roof and features a similar chamfered stone doorcase at the top of the stair, complete with a label that has dropped out-turned ends above it.

Additionally, there is a rubble stone garden boundary wall that is approximately 1.8 meters high, extending from the tower to the corner of the southwest wing of the house. This wall includes a doorway adjacent to that wing.

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