Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Church Room
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Norton, Presteigne, Powys, designated on 17 August 2000.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 17 August 2000
- Locality
- Norton
- Town
- Presteigne
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.29668, -3.02163
- Cadw reference
- 23938
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 Church Room, 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
- 3 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 The TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.