Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 The Terrace
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 17 August 2000
- Locality
- Norton
- Town
- Presteigne
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.29673, -3.02163
- Cadw reference
- 23937
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On E side of road, about 250m S of St Andrew's Church.
History
1871. Built as village school and 6 estate houses for Norton Manor Estate. The central former school later became the Village Hall, and has 3 houses to each side. The school replaced an earlier building of 1834, in the churchyard, which was demolished around time of restoration of St Andrew's.
Reason for designation
An unusual and almost unaltered piece of C19 estate village planning.
Nearby in the register
- 2 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Church RoomReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 1 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.