Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Borrowdale
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Montgomery, Powys, designated on 30 March 1983.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 March 1983
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56392, -3.14767
- Cadw reference
- 87228
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated attached to No 1 some 90m N of the Pound.
History
One of two semi-detached C18 cottages with timber-framed rear wing to No 1. Marked on 1833 map as owned by the Powis estate, and on 1839 Tithe map as occupied by Pryce Weaver. No 2 is double-fronted and faced in brick, No 1 is smaller, faced in stone. Set below road level with hooped iron railings along road and gate of similar design.
Exterior
Cottage, painted brick with slate roof and red brick left end stack. One storey and attic, double-fronted. Rubble stone plinth. Cambered-headed 16-pane sash each side of cambered-headed doorway within late C20 big gabled enclosed porch. Two gabled dormers with eaves-breaking square 12-pane horned sashes and renewed boarding above and bargeboards. All windows have painted brick sills.
Reason for designation
Included for its special historic interest as part of a pair of small C18 vernacular houses with good consistent detail.
Nearby in the register
- Jasmine CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 2 Black Hall CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- No. 1 Black Hall CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
- Manor HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.