Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bristol House occupied by Davies Bros. Grocers
Builth, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Builth Wells, Builth, Powys, designated on 16 September 1991.
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
- 52.14851, -3.40304
- Cadw reference
- 7437
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
On line of street. Shop of later nineteenth century, with living accommodation above.
Exterior
Slate roof, red brick chimney, rendered brick front, painted, with impressed quoins and raised architraves to first floor windows. Exposed red brick at rear.
Three storeys, three window front. Top floor has 3 horned sash windows under painted stone lintels. Between 1st and 2nd floors, in C 19 raised lettering, "Bristol House". First floor central round-arched window flanked by pair of Venetian type windows each consisting of a larger round-headed window flanked by smaller round-headed windows. On ground floor, at each end, a round-headed doorway with moulded surround and semi-circular fanlight. Door at left leads through to rear yard, door at right to accommodation above. Between doors, C19 double fronted shopfront. Classically inspired pilasters with panels and medallions support a cornice on brackets and fascia board. Central set back doorway, with marginal glazing and opening light above.
Nearby in the register
- Cosy Corner Tea RoomsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Barley Mow P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
- Drovers Tea Rooms & RestaurantCommercialunder 1 mi
- Swan HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.