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
22731
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
06/12/1999
Date of Amendment
06/12/1999
Name of Property
Idris House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Corris
Town
Machynlleth
Locality
Corris
Easting
275478
Northing
307871
Street Side
NW
Location
The building stands in a conspicuous position in the main street of the village, adjoining Capel Salem on the right.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
The building was probably erected c1880 as a shop with dwelling over, at the period of the greatest prosperity of Corris as a small town directly assocated with the slate industry.
Exterior
The building is of coursed slate rubble, with a slate roof. Three storeys and basement, the 2-window frontage to the street of 2 storeys. Tall timber shopfront to the ground floor, the shop section symmetrical with a central part-glazed door and overlight set back from the large plate glass windows, each divided by glazing bars into four. Pilasters at either end carry a narrow entablature and bracketed cornice with a scalloped lead drip. This continues to the right, over a 4-panelled door with an overlight leading to the first floor dwelling. On the first floor, two large 4-pane horned sash windows. Bracketed boxed eaves. The left hand return elevation is set on a splay, with two similar windows to each floor, a central window to the attic, and 2 windows and a door to the basement. Gable stack.
Interior
Reason for designation
Included as a good and largely complete example of a later C19 village shop, retaining original detail in an ambitiously scaled building at the centre of this large quarry village.
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