Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Market Hall
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 26 March 1985
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27337, -3.00626
- Cadw reference
- 8852
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
Prominently sited in the centre of the town with two main fronts.
History
1869. By Thomas Nicholson, architect of Hereford.
Exterior
Italianate Gothic, 3 bay arcades to ground floor, stair and high clock tower in Broad Street, hall on first floor.
Red brick with patterned black brick and painted free stone dressings. Rounded angles with animal carvings to layered corbel treatment. Hipped slate roofs, over sailing eaves with moulded brackets, chip-carved cill band, round headed 1st floor windows, sashes with glazing bars, stepped reveals, foliage capitals and pointed voussoir treatment.
Similar detailing to ground floor arcades with modern shop fronts recessed under, tabernacle to curved corner with finials, heraldic shield etc. Tall clock tower with pyramidal slate roof and weathervane, elaborate ashlar Gothic surrounds to clock faces with spiral colonettes, carved capitals, punched decoration etc.
Double 3-panel doors under segmental headed arch with foliage capitals.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- London House (Browsers Boutique) including Flat overCommercialunder 1 mi
- Farmer's ArmsCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1 Broad StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 1 High StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.