Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 Severn Square
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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 9 May 1988
- Locality
- Newtown
- Community
- Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.51580, -3.31400
- Cadw reference
- 8167
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
Set back from the modern street line behind a shallow railed forecourt, at the junction of Severn Street with St Mary's Close.
History
Late C18, Georgian. The building served as a private school in the 1880's.
Exterior
3 storey and cellar 3 window Flemish bond symmetrical brick front. Gently pitched slate roof, pitch daubed. Saw toothed eaves cornice, later bargeboards. Brick stacks, projecting to right; new caps. Shallow 8 pane sashes flanking similar 6 pane window to 2nd floor. 16 pane sashes flanking 12 pane sash to 1st floor. 16 pane sashes over cellar openings to ground floor. Gauged brick voussoirs to flat arches. Plain reveals, stone sills. Stone steps with handrails lead up to plain doorcases with dripboard. Shallow rectangular fan, C19 panelled door. Iron railings with dog-bars to forecourts.
Rear elevation of English garden wall bond, cambered header arches to casement windows. Offset, tall narrow stair sash window. Modern lean-to replaces former gabled extension to right.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 6 Severn SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 7 Severn SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 8 Severn SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- Studio 8Domesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.