Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Conduit
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
- Date of designation
- 19 July 1950
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56023, -3.14958
- Cadw reference
- 7979
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated facing E over the Market Square.
History
Stone retaining wall and former outlet to the town reservoir. The lane rising to the castle on the right is known as The Conduit. Marked as a reservoir on 1833 map and a well-head marked on John Speed's 1610 map. The stonework is said to date from c. 1890, using stone from the County Gaol of 1830-2 that had closed in 1878. It incorporates an ashlar shield with the Powis arms, dated 1777, from the previous well-head.
Exterior
Retaining wall and former water outlet, tooled squared green stone with plinth and coping. Tudor style. Projected central feature with shouldered gable over chamfered elliptical arched shallow recess (infilled with long blocks of a paler tooled stone. To this is affixed re-used sandstone ashlar shield with the arms of the Earls of Powis and coronet. Short curved retaining wall to each side, each terminating in a pilaster. On top of the gable is a scrolled wrought-iron high support for a lamp with iron finial.
Reason for designation
Included as a formally designed stone feature, important in the setting of the Market Square.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn CadwrfaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwyn CottageNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Rock HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Dragon HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.