Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
41 Lion Street
Hay, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 1 February 1988
- Community
- Hay
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.07480, -3.12527
- Cadw reference
- 7389
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
History
At the E end of a row of gable ended frontages midway along the street. Said to have once been a Recabite Hall and formerly the Red Lion Inn.
Early C17 timber framed origins - probably jettied; Victorian alterations.
Exterior
Asymmetrical 2-storey and attic 1-window rubble front with lower 2-storey 1-window rendered section to left slightly advanced and with chimney stack, heightened in brick. Slate roof and plane bargeboards. Horned sash windows tripartite to 1st floor with brick voussoirs. Victorian shop front with fascia end brackets and panelled pilasters. Splayed bay window to left with horned sash glazing.
Interior
Interior of the grocers shop retains stop chamfered beams. Above is a separate flat reached from No 40; it retains chamfered beams and post and panel partitions; the main posts broaden below the tie beam.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 40 Lion StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 39 Lion StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Hay Whole Foods DelicatessenCommercialunder 1 mi
- Mike & Lin HarrisCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.