'Peach House' at Plas Llangattwg including attached former boiler-house is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Glass house.

'Peach House' at Plas Llangattwg including attached former boiler-house

WRENN ID
silver-buttress-foxglove
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 October 1998
Type
Glass house
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Wrought iron-framed glass house on a brick plinth forming a lean-to against a rubble stone wall to the N. The W gable wall is of masonry but with a brick coping. The ironwork has a curved profile. It is supported on iron ribs which run from the top to ground level, following the general profile of the superstructure. It consists of diamond section vertical glazing bars which are closely spaced. Most of the original glass survives intact. The panes lap without horizontal bars. The E gable end of the glass house is also of wrought iron. The glass panes are uniform but with horizontal as well as vertical glazing bars. This end contains a half-glazed wrought iron door with 25 panes. The W masonry wall contains a wood panelled door within a doorcase, which leads into the formal garden.

To the rear of the N wall is the lean-to boiler house, now used as a garden shed, which provided heating for the glass-house. It is of rubble masonry under a slate roof. It has a planked entrance in the E end, and two 2-casement windows with quarries under segmental heads with voussoirs and stone sills. Opposite this entrance, in the boundary wall of Plas Llangattwg is a small blocked opening where the coal was delivered. The dividing wall between greenhouse and boiler house continues to the E with a square headed doorway, providing access between the two.

A row of slender cast iron columns supports the roof. Inside is a cast iron water tank and cast iron slats where the heating originally entered the building via underground pipes. The floor is tiled. (The glass house is still in use for growing peaches and tomatoes.)

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