44 High Street

Welshpool, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Welshpool, Powys, designated on 11 March 1981.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 44 High Street, Welshpool, 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: 11 March 1981
Locality: Welshpool
Community: Welshpool
Unitary authority: Powys
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 52.66069, -3.14921
Cadw reference: 7812

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).

Historical maps covering this location

1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Part of a terrace immediately above the town hall

Exterior

History: Built as part of a longer terrace with Nos 41-42, and probably mid C18 in origin: Nos 41-42 were described as newly built in 1747.

Exterior: Painted brick with slate roof. 2 storeyed with attic, 2-window range. Inserted shop front to group floor, and 2x12-pane sash windows above. Modillion eaves cornice.

Part of a group of C18 town houses, retaining some original detail.

Reference: Robert Owen, 'Welshpool Landmarks', Montgomeryshire Collections, Vol.38, 1918, p.174.

Nearby in the register

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

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