Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clive House
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 2005
- Town
- Montgomery
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.56416, -3.14517
- Cadw reference
- 87235
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 1637 "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated attached to S end of No 1 Clive Terrace.
History
Smaller house, the right part of a much-altered formal late C18 composition of which the principal part, the centre gable with lunette window is also part of No 1 Clive Terrace. Clive House comprises part of the centre gable, the right wing and an additional bay in brick added to right end in the C19. The whole T-shaped group of Clive House, No 1 and the terrace behind is marked on 1833 map as 'Factory' but no evidence has been found to confirm this. On 1839 Tithe map marked as owned by the Powis estate, occupied by John Weaver.
Exterior
House, painted rubble stone and brick with slate roof and brick S end stack. Two storeys, three bays. The right bay is a later C19 brick addition, the left two part of the C18 composition. The ground floor left window is a cambered-headed 3-light C19 window with brick head that breaks through the right corner of the projecting gabled centre of the C18 building. The centre bay, the right wing of the original has door with cambered brick head (C20 glazed door with overlight) and brickwork continued up to sill of C19 eaves-breaking tall gabled dormer with long casement pair. Slightly set back to right is painted brick C19 addition with similar ground floor triple casement and similar eaves breaking gabled upper window. Stepped brick eaves course.
Interior
Interior not inspected.
Reason for designation
Included with No 1 Clive Terrace as remnant of an unusual formal later Georgian composition.
Nearby in the register
- No. 1 Clive TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers, garden wall and railings to Plas OffaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plas OffaDomesticunder 1 mi
- Howard's EndDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.