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Peterwell

Builth, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Builth, Powys, designated on 14 June 1952.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Peterwell, Builth, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
14 June 1952
Community
Builth
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.14821, -3.40449
Cadw reference
7450

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Set back from and above street behind small garden.

Late Georgian. Two storey, 2 windows wide. Slate roof, hipped to right, bracketed eaves. Yellow brick chimney at left gable end. Painted render front, shallow plinth and, to left, pilaster strip. Grey rubble masonry gable end. Rear extension (2 storey plus attic) in local grey stone and
red brick.

Front has double storey semi-circular bays with windows, each window consisting of tripartite small pane hornless sashes; frames meet wall as fluted Doric pilasters. Wooden trellis porch with lead canopy, over panelled front door.

Interior has some timber framed partitioning and A-frame roof with pegged joints.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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