Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cheese Market
Hay, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Hay, Powys, designated on 24 October 1951.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 24 October 1951
- Community
- Hay
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.07439, -3.12545
- Cadw reference
- 7393
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
In the Market Place below the Castle, detached to W end.
History
Built 1835 for Sir Joseph Bailey; later alterations. Probably on the site of the C17 market house.
Exterior
Simple classical 2-storey structure with coursed freestone elevations to High Town and Market Street with central pediment containing blind recess (? for date stone) and rock faced plinth to the former. Slate roof, rubble chimney stack and very wide eaves with moulded cornice. Open and railed ground floor to N and S with in antis twin segmental arches and single column to centre with responds; tooled voussoirs and keystones. Rubble W end perhaps with building formerly adjoining; now with modern shelter. Small pane sash windows. 8-panel double door entrance to SE end with architrave, panelled reveals and fanlight. Modern public conveniences inserted into right hand opening of S side.
Interior
Interior retains broad oak staircase and half round fluted columns to fireplace in upper room.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Butter MarketCommercialunder 1 mi
- Paris House including GwilliamCommercialunder 1 mi
- Hay Spinning GalleryCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pemberton'sCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.