Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clifton House
Builth, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Builth, Powys, designated on 16 September 1991.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 September 1991
- Community
- Builth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.14852, -3.40550
- Cadw reference
- 7453
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
Set back from street behind railed foregarden.
History
Pair of earlier C19 houses.
Exterior
Slate roof and rough-cast render. Large rendered chimneys at ends.
Three storeys, four windows wide, grouped 1+2+1. Mirrored pair with centrally placed doors. Second floor has four 9 pane sashes, hornless. First floor has four 12 pane sashes, hornless. Ground floor has two 12 pane sashes. All windows with stone sills. Doorways have panelled doors, some panels now glazed.
At rear, later extension, brick to W, rendered over to E. Western house has 1st and 2nd floor fenestration intact. Eastern has mainly original openings.
Reason for designation
Group value with neighbouring listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- Vaynor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- OakfieldDomesticunder 1 mi
- HafodDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.