Wall to garden and outbuildings at the Bothy

The Bothy, along with its garden wall and outbuildings, lies adjacent to Powis Castle. The main house was constructed in 1906, though the site previously contained a dove-house and other agricultural structures associated with the castle. A rear wing of the house appears to represent an earlier survival. The wall at the rear of the house and the outbuildings set against its inner face are likely 18th century; the outbuildings at the back of a small yard behind the house probably date to the late 19th or early 20th century.

The house is timber-framed on a brick plinth, with stone copings. It features a red tiled roof and brick and terracotta star-shaped stacks to the gable and rear. The timber framing is close-studded and pegged, with decorative quatrefoil panels around the windows and curved tension braces at angles. A single-storeyed porch with a steep chamfered archway provides access from Dairy Square, with the main elevations overlooking the garden. The south elevation is two-storeyed, with a two-window range, and includes a balustraded and arcaded loggia entrance (partially filled in) to the right. Wide gables have pierced trefoils in the bargeboards above the windows; the left-hand bay has a single light to the ground floor and a canted oriel window above, while the right-hand bay has a full-height canted bay window with transoms to the lower lights. All windows have chamfered mullions and leaded lights. The west gable end has a jettied upper storey supported by finely moulded brackets, with a four-centred archway to a recessed porch on the left (containing a similarly arched panelled inner door) and a canted bay window with mullioned and transomed lights alongside. A four-light mullioned window with a quatrefoil panelled apron is situated on the first floor. The northeast rear wing is partially built of rubble and is likely of an earlier date.

A high brick wall with stone copings defines the west boundary of a yard to the rear of the house. Against this wall is a range of timber-framed outbuildings, probably dating back to the 18th century. A cross-range to the rear of this yard is constructed of brick with stone dressings, featuring a plain tiled roof with louvred vents. This section has paired doorways towards the left and a series of mullioned windows with hood moulds.

The Bothy is a good example of the Neo-Vernacular ‘Old English’ style popular in the Edwardian period, and it contributes significantly to the character of the formal garden, which was laid out in 1912.