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
7304
Building Number
5  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/02/1988  
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988  
Name of Property
5 Bridge Street  
Address
5 Bridge Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Hay  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
322896  
Northing
242551  
Street Side
 
Location
At the W end of the short terrace close to the River Wye; No 4 is below the road. Cast iron railings with finials and gates to front.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Late Georgian, ca 1825.  

Exterior
3-storey coursed rubble fronts; 3-windows to No 4 and offset 2-windows to No 5. Slate roof, wide boarded eaves and brick chimney stack. Mainly small pane windows; small pane casement windows to 2nd floor of No 5; freestone lintels and keystones to 1st and ground floors. Broad bracketed stone hoods to entrances with weathered fluted pilasters; panelled reveals and 6-panel doors with fanlights. Asymmetrical right gable end with 2 arched openings leading into stone flagged and barrel vaulted cellars, said to have been used for storing salt. A further one towards rear is now blocked. The stairwell window to rear has Gothic Y-tracery and was originally in the Quaker Meeting House (built ca 1834) formerly adjacent overlooking the river; the window was inserted into the house after the railway company demolished the chapel in 1864.  

Interior
No 4 retains an interesting interior. Stone staircase with 'S' carved tread ends timber uprights and swept up handrail; No 5 also said to have a stone staircase. 6-panel doors and panelled reveals to the front of the house; boarded doors to the back.  

Reason for designation
Group value with Nos. 1, 6 and 7.  

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