Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Elephant and Castle Hotel
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
- 52.51676, -3.31615
- Cadw reference
- 8017
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
Prominently sited on the street line at the end of Broad Street by the Long Bridge.
History
Early C19 Inn (Noted in 1822).
Exterior
3 storey, 3 window symmetrical front. Colourwashed Flemish bond brick. Gently pitched slate roof, lead ridge, blocking course on plain cornice. Brick stacks, truncated to left. Modern casements to 2nd and 1st floor windows, modern shutters and ironwork balcony. Original tripartite sash to ground floor left. Gauged brick voussoirs, plain reveals, stone sills. Round arched doorway. Simply moulded, flat roofed open porch on square pillars.
English garden wall bond brick to rear. 9 and 12 pane sash windows, raking lead dormers to roof. Later accretions include converted flannel factory.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with Long Bridge and other listed items on Broad Street.
Nearby in the register
- 27 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 28 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 29 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 30 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.