Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maesbury House
Llanidloes, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Llanidloes, Powys, designated on 10 April 1989.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 10 April 1989
- Town
- Llanidloes
- Community
- Llanidloes
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.44837, -3.53887
- Cadw reference
- 8261
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 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 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
At the corner with Bethel Street stepped up from 9 to 12 to right.
History
Ca 1870's.
Exterior
3-storey Victorian red brick fronts of differing designs, 3-window to No 7 and 2-window to No 8. Slate roofs, hipped to left end, with wide modillion bracket eaves; one slate hung stack midway down front roof pitch of No 7, one stock brick stack to ridge of No 8 and one red brick stack to rear. Freestone dressings to No 7 including quoins and cill bands and plinth; blue and stock brick banded dressings to No 8 including band to top of 1st floor. Horned 6-pane sash windows. Victorian shop fronts - 2-light window to No 7 and 3-light to No 8; panelled pilasters and reveals to the former and half glazed doors to both. Both properties have tall arched doorways to right with banded voussoirs and boarded doors.
2-window side elevation to Bethel Street with similar dentail and doorcase to 4-panel door.
Reason for designation
Included for its group value with other listed items in the town centre and for its contribution to the group of houses along Bethel Street and Great Oak Street.
Nearby in the register
- 8 Great Oak StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 25 Bethel StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 24 Bethel StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- OxfamCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.