Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Rainbow Cottage including shop on right
New Radnor, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in New Radnor, Powys, designated on 29 April 1993.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 29 April 1993
- Community
- New Radnor
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.24069, -3.15524
- Cadw reference
- 9226
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 with right-hand bay set back slightly.
Exterior
Probably early to mid C19, two storeys, painted rubble stone, slate roof, rubble end stacks with oversailing courses. Central front door, flush panels, small overlight under cambered head. Regular arrangement of window openings with flat voussoir heads, all two or three-light iron casements in chamfered timber-frames with original catches and stays. To rear is pitch-roofed extension of 1951 in brick.
Adjoining to right is former bakers premises, now hairdressers; one-and-a-half storeys, painted rubble, slate roof, wide cambered roof over glazed door and shop window.
Reason for designation
Prominent building of traditional character on narrow part of High Street.
Nearby in the register
- Outbuilding 10m to W.of No.15 (Rainbow Cottage)Domesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call-box to rear of pavement to left of No.6 (Post Office) High StreetCommunicationsunder 1 mi
- The CrossDomesticunder 1 mi
- The ForgeIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.