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Crickhowell, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 25 September 1986
- Community
- Crickhowell
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85881, -3.13753
- Cadw reference
- 7212
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
At the corner with Silver Lane and adjoining the Town Hall.
History
Early to mid C19 (on 1840 Tithe Map).
Exterior
Georgian 3-storey, 2-window roughcast front with slate roof, hipped to front, and rendered chimney stack. Recessed sash windows, 9-pane to 2nd floor, 12-pane to 1st floor. Advanced contemporary shop front flanked by square pillars; plain fascia, 5-light shop windows, part-glazed central door with fanlight. Roughcast left side with sash windows, 6-panel door and 3-pane fanlight, lower 2-storey extension to rear stepped down in slope, sliding sash windows to 1st floor.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Town HallCivilunder 1 mi
- James IsaacCommercialunder 1 mi
- Jubliee House (M.T.Cashell,Family Butcher)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Pip's ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.