Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
London House
Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 22 March 1993
- Community
- Llanfyllin
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.76617, -3.27364
- Cadw reference
- 8578
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
On corner of Narrow St and High Street.
History
Late C18/early C19 three storey shop.
Exterior
High Street rendered elevation of two bays articulated by Ionic pilasters. Two top floor windows with twelve-pane (four panes over eight) hornless sash glazing. Two first floor windows with sixteen-pane hornless sash glazing. On ground floor, two mid C19 shopfronts, that to L consisting of advanced doorway to L (dentil cornice over) and shopwindow to its R. Shopfront to R is double-fronted with central doorway between shopwindows, classically-derived shallow pilasters, fascia with bracketed cornice.
Premises extend (in three storeys) along Narrow Street incorporating former separate shops. To L, painted brick section has window to each floor. To R of this, with higher eaves level, is rubble fronted section with square second floor window, camber-headed first floor window with small-pane Yorkshire sash, and fixed small-pane glazing to ground floor camber-headed window. To R again, with same eaves level, is two bay (painted) brick fronted section with, to L, camber-headed top floor window, square-headed first floor window with small-pane horned sash glazing and (off-set to L) camber-headed doorway with broad window to its R. This section has to R, on top and first floors, tall loading bay doors, beneath which is camber-headed entrance doorway.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 1 Narrow Street (Down to Earth)Commercialunder 1 mi
- BakeryCommercialunder 1 mi
- 'Corner House' Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 4 Market StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.