Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maesbury House
Llanidloes, Powys, Wales
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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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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.