Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Corner Shop
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Penygloddfa, 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
- Penygloddfa
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51856, -3.31718
- Cadw reference
- 8032
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 corner of Bryn Street with Union Street.
History
c1825. One of the first structures erected on the Penygloddfa site.
Exterior
3 storey, 2 window corner shop. Painted Flemish bond brick. Gently pitched old slate roof with hip to corner. Saw tooth eaves cornice. Brick stack. Two light casements under eaves to 2nd floor. Original small paned iron lights to right. Later deeper 6 pane wood frame to left. Later 2 light casements to 1st floor. 6 panes. Gauged brick voussoirs, shallow reveals, no sills. 6 pane fixed light to ground floor left. Tripartite shop window with simple hood. 12 panes per light. Broad doorcase with pediment hood on brackets. 6 panel door similar to side elevation. Roughly chamfered corner.
4 iron windows to Union Street. 2 small paned iron camed windows below eaves (small opening light to top left quarter) 1 at 1st floor level. 16 pane iron framed fixed light beside doorcase. Plastered ground floor wall. Modernised rear elevation.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 20 Union Street (including 12 Bryn Street)Domesticunder 1 mi
- No.12 Bryn Street (including No.20 Union Street)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Outbuildings to rear of No.20 Union StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former Flannel Factory ("Clock Factory")Industrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.