Full Report for Listed Buildings


The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.

Summary Description


Reference Number
14180
Building Number
1  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
05/04/1993  
Date of Amendment
05/04/1993  
Name of Property
Former Wharfinger's House including brick boundary wall to road  
Address
1 The Locks  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Carreghofa  
Town
 
Locality
Carreghofa Locks  
Easting
325391  
Northing
320263  
Street Side
 
Location
Situated on the north bank of the dock between the upper and lower locks at north end of Montgomeryshire Canal. Lies between canal bridge 95 and the bridge over the by-pass culvert to the north.  

Description


Broad Class
Transport  
Period
 

History
Probably 1794-7, enlarged in early C19.  

Exterior
Single pile, rubble with walls raised in brick and rear wing added over earlier brick extension. Slate roof, two brick end stacks and brick stack to north of wing. Two storeys, two windows to road, tall basement storey with plank doors exposed to canal side. Sliding horizontal sashes under gently cambered heads, gabled timber porch with finial. Blind north gable, south gable with splayed bay and cambered basement openings. Five-sided splayed bay with small-pane glazing projects on timber supports. Brick boundary wall to road with stone capping and timber gates; comments with bridge parapet over Montgomeryshire Canal. Dominant central building in an exceptionally fine group of canal structures at Carreghofa Locks.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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