Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
H.W.Parker, Chemist
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
- 52.34439, -3.05053
- Cadw reference
- 8991
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
Forward to the street and set into slope of the "Narrows".
Exterior
C19 3-storey, 2-window roughcast and brick front to an earlier, possibly C17 structure. Slate roof, brick stacks, wide boxed eaves, plain bargeboards to right gable end. 3-light sash windows with timber architraves. 3-bay shop front with fluted brackets to fascia. Modern window to front of gable end, corrugated iron and weather-boarding beyond to right. Narrow lane to right entered through boarded gates and leading to side entrance of house. Roof pitch divides down centre rear and is higher to the right. Brick stack to centre base of pitch and gable to right.
Interior
Interior retains timber beams exposed throughout, 4ft thick cross wall possibly indicating former division into two properties, and former link to No 7. Probably C17 larch roof with heavy ridge beam, through purlins and supporting struts. The ridge and some other timbers replaced to lower (left) part of roof.
Reason for designation
Group value.
Nearby in the register
- Walkmill AntiquesCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old CornerCommercialunder 1 mi
- 9 & 9A (Molly's Cottage)Commercialunder 1 mi
- FrancisCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.