Glansevern Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 October 1953. A Post-Medieval House.

Glansevern Hall

WRENN ID
hollow-wattle-furze
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 October 1953
Type
House
Period
Post-Medieval
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Cefn ashlar, hipped slate roof set back behind cornice and blocking course. Yellow brick axial stacks set towards rear. 2 storeys; entrance front of 5 bays, the central 3 expressed by giant Ionic pilasters. Porch (added later) is also Ionic, with half-columns in antis, and coupled columns advanced to either side, carrying modillion cornice. Paired doors within the porch, which has glazed lantern roof. 9 and 12-pane sash windows; moulded cornice and blocking course. S elevation of 3 bays with central full-height shallow bow: tripartite sashes on each floor. Set back slightly to the right of this main block is a 2-window brick range, with sash windows with gauged brick heads. N elevation is a 5-window range with 12 and 9-pane sash windows. To the rear of the house, 2 shallow wings create a U-plan: the N wing is in separate occupation; part of the N wing is also self-contained.

Planned with the principal rooms set to either side of a central entrance and stair hall: this has wainscot panelling in C17 style, cantilevered stone stair case with cast iron balusters (from Hazeldine's Foundry). Principal rooms all have foliate plaster cornices, and marble fireplaces (the work of Thomas Nutt of London); former library has screen made from traceried panelling from Llangurig Church: wall-panelling incorporates panelling from Montgomery Church, and the overmantle is C17.

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