Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Royal Welsh Warehouse
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in 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
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51303, -3.31071
- Cadw reference
- 8110
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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 curving round towards the Railway Station from Kerry Road.
History
1879 by David Walker of Liverpool for Pryce Jones, founder of the world's first mail order business in 1859. The initial building was added to in 1886-87, and a large new wing erected towards Kerry Rd in 1901. This included a post office to handle the immense volume of orders. The building remains in use as a department store.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Royal Welsh WarehouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Agriculture HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- Queen's Head PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- Railway StationTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.