Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Abel House
Llanfyllin, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 25 October 1951
- Town
- Llanfyllin
- Community
- Llanfyllin
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.76582, -3.27277
- Cadw reference
- 8581
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 Brook Street and High Street
History
Probably early C19 rebuilding of earlier buildings; formerly four properties, now three.
Exterior
Scribed rendered elevations, painted with painted quoins, (dentil eaves course to High Street in brick), slate roof, tall yellow brick chimney to L, red brick chimney to R.
Elevation to High Street has three storeys, four windows. R bay (Abel House) has second floor eight pane sash, first floor sixteen pane sash; other properties have larger three-light casement windows to second floor, and casement windows with nine large panes to first floor (appearing thus in photo of circa 1905). On ground floor, to L, window as first floor and doorway with early C19 type doorcase and six-panelled door; then similar window and doorway; then broader C19 shopwindow, doorway with six-panelled door; then broad window (early C20).
Elevation facing Brook Street has two gables. Two second floor windows with sixteen-pane sashes. Two first floor windows with sixteen-pane sashes. On ground floor to L, doorway with hood (moved to this position early C20), shop window as front; to R, early C19 type doorcase and blocked window.
Interior
Ground floors have heavy longitudinal beams and some exposed timber partitions.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 1 PenybrynCommercialunder 1 mi
- 2 PenybrynCommercialunder 1 mi
- 4 PenybrynDomesticunder 1 mi
- 46 High StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.