Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 Russell Street
Knighton, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1985
- Community
- Knighton
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.34466, -3.05111
- Cadw reference
- 9021
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
End of continuous row of frontages on steep downhill slope at lower junction with Market Street.
History
C17 origins with later alterations.
Exterior
2-storey 4-window (1 pair) partly whitewashed rubble, partly roughcast front heightened perhaps in C18. 2 slate roofs with taller apex to rear cross range. 2 brick end stacks (front left and rear right). Various 2 and 3-light metal frame casement windows and one 4-pane sash. 8-pane shop front with bracketed hood. Panelled and glazed door to No 1, recessed panelled door to No 2. 3-storey twin gabled extensions to rear with casement windows under cambered heads and modern glazing.
Plain bargeboards and wide eaves.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Russell StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Hengoed HouseCommercialunder 1 mi
- G.D.Eastment, Jeweller and FoodstoreCommercialunder 1 mi
- 9 & 9A (Molly's Cottage)Commercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.