Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Prince & Pugh Ltd
Knighton, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Knighton, Powys, designated on 30 September 1985.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1985
- Community
- Knighton
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.34445, -3.04954
- Cadw reference
- 8973
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 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (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
Opposite the Clock Tower, at upper end of a continuous row of frontages.
History
Probably C17/early C18 structure.
Exterior
Early C20 3-storey and attic 3-window scribed render front. Steep slate roof with cresting, coved eaves, brick end stacks. Modern sash windows with lozenge decorated margins matching pilasters of main frontage. Deep projecting dentiled cornice on curved brackets to modern shop front. Deeply recessed entrance. Gable end to right with one attic window.
Some original roof timbers surviving inside.
Reason for designation
Included for group value.
Nearby in the register
- Stars News Shop LtdCommercialunder 1 mi
- Florist & C.B.PrintCommercialunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box on island site, beside clock towerCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- Clock TowerGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.