Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Fountain Hotel
Builth, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 September 1991
- Town
- Builth Wells
- Community
- Builth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14969, -3.40094
- Cadw reference
- 7418
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On line of street with listed buildings opposite.
Exterior
Three storeys, asymmetrical elevation. Probably C18 with roof raised in early C19.
Slate roof with stone chimneys, that to E with high extension in red brick.
Partly timber framed and roughcast rendered at front with smooth band below 1st floor windows.
Second floor has 3 almost square 9 pane hornless sash windows, shallow set. First floor has 2 taller 12 pane horned sashes set almost flush with wall.
Ground floor has central low doorway and 3 very shallow bay windows with small pane glazing. Bays are restored, but visible in photographs from 1860's. Between right bays further small windows.
Reason for designation
Group value with listed buildings opposite.
Nearby in the register
- 8 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 6 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 10 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 4 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.