Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Victoria Vaults PH
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Newtown, Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, designated on 9 May 1988.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 9 May 1988
- Locality
- Newtown
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51611, -3.31618
- Cadw reference
- 8010
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
On the street line near the junction of Wesley Street with Broad Street.
History
Early C19 Georgian.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of 2.
No 14 (Lloyd & Lloyd) the Victoria Vaults PH and No 16 Broad Street (Norman R Lloyd & Co) and court to rear.
Early C19 Georgian 3 storey, 6 window, colourwashed brick terrace. Gabled slate roof, lead ridge and old slates to No 14.Deep boarded eaves. Brick stacks, modern to No 14 and Victoria Vaults, truncated projecting stack to No 16.
Shallow sashes to 2nd floor windows, 8 pane on No 14, 6 pane on others. Lower glazing bars removed to formerly 12 pane sashes on Victoria Vaults and No 16. Gauged brick voussoirs, plain reveals, stone cills.
Good C19 shopfront to No 14 with ironwork on crested dentil cornice. Recessed double doorway between bays. Gauged brick voussoirs to ground floor openings of Victoria Vaults. Plain doorcase offset to right. Modern windows. modern shopfront with overscaled fascia to No 16.
Good rear elevations retaining small paned sash windows, gauged brick voussoirs.
Early-mid C19, 2 storey court attached to rear. Brick; gabled slate roofs. Deep boarded eaves. A small paned iron casement windows to 1st floors. Shallow reveals, stone cills. Ground floors altered. Cobbled yard.
Reason for designation
A rare survival of a court of industrial workers housing once predominant in the town.
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 16 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 17 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 18 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Court to rear of No14, The Victoria Vaults PH and No 16 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.