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
7293
Building Number
7  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/02/1988  
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988  
Name of Property
Harley's Almhouses  
Address
7 Brecon Road  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Hay  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
322580  
Northing
241972  
Street Side
 
Location
Set back from the road behind grassed forecourt with lower rubble wall to front.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Group of 12 almshouses built in 1836; heightened to centre in 1927.  

Exterior
Single storey, except Nos. 6 and 7 which are 2-storey, 1 window fronts; coursed rubble with plinth. Slate roof overhanging eaves and brick chimney stacks set diagonally, those to centre are taller, flanking 2-window pebbledash gable to Nos. 6 and 7. Voussoir lintels to tudor pointed windows and door openings. Paired casement windows with diamond leaded glazing and boarded shutters with C-shaped fastenings; boarded doors. Slated lean to brackets hoods, twinned except for end houses. Casement windows to 1927 addition, crucifix over datestone and coat of arms in diamond recess. Modern tablet below inscribed "Harley Almshouses, these almshouses were built and endowed by Frances Harley in memory of her Sister Martha Harley of Trebarried in 1836, they were modernised in 1974". Modern windows to rear; lean to at centre.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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