Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
8 Severn Street
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales
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
- 52.51557, -3.31449
- Cadw reference
- 8171
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the street line adjoining the fish and chip shop on the corner with Crown Street.
History
Formerly the Crown Inn - a name in use by 1822.
Exterior
Early C19 Georgian, 3 storey 2 window with arched tunnel passage to right. Colourwashed roughcast on brick to front. Gently pitched slate roof, lead ridge. Saw tooth eaves cornice. Brick end chimney.
Shallow sashes to 2nd floor, 8 pane to left, 6 to right. 16 pane sash windows to 1st floor. Keystone to flat arches, plain reveals, stone sills.
Altered C19 shopfront to ground floor. Crested cornice on consoles over a convex canted front with plain pilasters. 4 pane windows flanking a recessed doorway, rectangular fanlight.
Reason for designation
Group value with listed items opposite.
Nearby in the register
- Jude's Fashion BoutiqueCommercialunder 1 mi
- Studio 8Domesticunder 1 mi
- D.C.EvansCommercialunder 1 mi
- WarehouseCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.