Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tan House
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 26 March 1985
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27517, -3.00318
- Cadw reference
- 8833
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
Below the road and adjacent to Lugg bridge.
History
C18 exterior to earlier structure.
Exterior
2 storey rendered front with gabled cross wing to right. Slate roofs, hipped to right of lateral range (over cross wing), wide eaves, small gable behind lateral chimney in centre, plain bargeboards. Stone slabs to rear roof pitch.
3 windows to Tan House, double hung sashes with glazing bars in flush frames, 2 storey splayed bay to right, doorcase in angle of cross wing.
Formerly part of a tannery.
Attached range to left is not of special interest.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 20&21 Broad StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Ford View (formerly Old Bridge Inn)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Lugg BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Fold FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.