Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 Foundry Terrace
Llanidloes, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 10 April 1989
- Community
- Llanidloes
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.44900, -3.53746
- Cadw reference
- 8238
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Set into a gentle curve beginning at the junction with Foundry Lane; continues to right.
History
Built ca 1860 by William Thomas as housing for the foundry workers;
Exterior
2-storey red brick 1-window cottages. Slate roofs, boarded eaves and blue brick chimney stacks with neck bands. Voussoirs to camber headed openings; horned 6 and 12-pane sash windows and 4-panel doors except to No 1 which has a replacement; plain overlights. Modern windows at rear overlooking high revetment wall of former foundary complex.
All have raised small front gardens with contemporary simple iron railings arched at the top.
Reason for designation
Included as an especially well preserved example of industrial housing.
Group value with the remainder of Foundry Terrace and the original foundry building.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Foundry TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 Foundry TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Foundry TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Foundry TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.