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White House

Knighton, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Knighton, Powys, designated on 30 September 1985.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of White House, Knighton, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
Domestic
Date of designation
30 September 1985
Community
Knighton
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
52.34386, -3.05199
Cadw reference
8975

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Set back from the road , looking down over the Cwm.

Exterior

Probably C18, incorporating earlier fabric to rear within castle bailey. 2- storey symmetrical roughcast front, 3-window wide, casements, brick end stacks, wooden door under flat hood. Late C16/early C17 barrel-vaulted rubble undercroft below garden to rear.

Undercroft to rear lies within AM site of Knighton Castle.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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