Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
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Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 30 September 1985
- Community
- Llandrindod Wells
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.24054, -3.38166
- Cadw reference
- 9054
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
Forward to the street and detached; near the junction with Park Crescent, to west of the railway.
Exterior
Later C19 3-storey whitewashed brick front, slate roof, boxed eaves, large brick stack to centre left and smaller one to right gable end. 6-windows wide (uneven spacing), 2-light sashes to second floor; taller 2-light casement windows to first floor opening on to balcony; all with deep reveals. 4-panel door to ground floor left with fanlight and with plain shop front to right with recessed modern door. 2-light sash window beyond plus two 4-panel doors with rectangular fanlights. Cycle shop front to far right with plain fascia supported on double scroll brackets to ends on broad pilasters with panelled decoration. Shop window of 3 grouped sashes Half glazed door to right.
Principal interest of this building is its ironwork 6-bay balcony with highly ornamental ironwork railings with foliage detail; supported on cast iron columns with lightly foliated capitals and Gothic traceried spandrels. The ironwork continues at the sides, the depth of the balcony.
Nearby in the register
- Radnor District Council Offices (formerly Gwalia Hotel)Commercialunder 1 mi
- Barclay's BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Presbyterian ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box to rear of pavement close to junction with Norton TerraceCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.