Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 Long Bridge Street
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
- Community
- Llanidloes
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.44889, -3.54032
- Cadw reference
- 8319
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
Set into a row of frontages close to the Old Market Hall at the centre of the town; Unicorn Hotel to right.
History
Victorian, shown on 1887 map.
Exterior
3-storey, 4-window glazed red brick front with slate roof, freestone rusticated quoins, cill bands and window cornices. At the top is a deep cornice of polychromatic brick over a rope moulded band. The 4-pane windows are slightly offset to the right and have brick architraves with stop chamfered lambs; the 2nd floor has pedimented cornices and the 1st floor has bracket cornices both with foliage ornament. Besides each window are panels with inset glazed tiles depicting Pre-Raphaelite style figures, paired to 1st floor. Ground floor has original shop fronts with highly ornate fascias and foliage trails to pilasters with round arched heads; foliage capitals to window colonnettes and panelled aprons and splayed entrances with half glazed doors.
Between the two shop fronts is a 6-panel door and at the right end is a boarded door under a round arched head with keystone. Brick right gable end.
Reason for designation
Group value
Nearby in the register
- Ceri HillCommercialunder 1 mi
- Unicorn Hotel P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
- Unicorn Hotel P.H.Commercialunder 1 mi
- The HolliesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.