Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
No. 1 Cross Houses
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Montgomery, Powys, designated on 16 April 1982.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 April 1982
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56322, -3.14768
- Cadw reference
- 7956
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on left end of row of cottages, on corner of Pool Road.
History
End cottage of a row of four probably of C17 or C18 date, timber framed. No 1 is larger and may be earlier though cased in brick, probably in later C18. Square timber framing exposed in the E gable. The row is marked on 1833 map as owned by C.G. Humphreys of Bank House, No 1 occupied in 1839 by Mary Lewis. Shown on OS map of 1975 as Cross Lanes. Old photographs show No 1 with cross-windows each side of the door which has a gabled hood.
Exterior
End terrace house, painted brick with dentilled brick eaves and steep slate roof hipped to SW, gabled to E and with tall red brick stack to rear NW gable. One storey and attic, double-fronted with centre doorway between two window with cambered brick heads and modern glazing. Doorway had a gabled hood on brackets above old door frame with modern door with glazed panels, now within a late C20 glazed porch. Two small dormer windows on eaves with bargeboards and modern paired casements. Windowless brick W end wall. Modern addition to rear. E gable, above No 2 has exposed timber framing in square panels.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included as a small Georgian brick house with significant evidence of earlier timber-framed origins.
Nearby in the register
- No. 2 Cross HousesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 3 Cross HousesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 4 Cross HousesDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 3 Plough BankDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.