Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Harford House
Presteigne, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Presteigne, Powys, designated on 26 March 1985.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 26 March 1985
- Community
- Presteigne
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.27289, -3.00615
- Cadw reference
- 8871
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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Set back behind a large C19 shop front, long elevation to Station Road.
Exterior
Late C16/early C17 timber framed building, later alterations. 2 storey and attic roughcast walls, gable with bargeboards and finial to left of Hereford Street front, deep boxed out eaves to right, slate roofs.
3 windows to 1st floor (including one pair and one tripartite), sashes with thick glazing bars, small casement to attic.
Projecting shop front with cantilevered fascia and heavy fluted pilasters.
Station Road elevation has gabled dormers in steep slated roof, large mid roof stone stack aligned to set-back in wall below, smaller lateral brick chimney to right. Small door under hood in angle of chimney. Painted studding to rear.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- MilllfieldDomesticunder 1 mi
- including Presteigne CraftsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box on pavement adjacent to Harford HouseCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- 2 Hereford StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.