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
7352
Building Number
15
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Harley's Almhouses
Address
15 Church Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Hay
Town
Locality
Easting
322690
Northing
242087
Street Side
Location
At the roadside on SW edge of the town; set into the slope.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Group of 6 almshouses built in 1832; designed with 4 rooms each.
Exterior
Symmetrical single storey coursed rubble front with half hipped slate roof and 3 diagonally set red brick chimney stacks with stock brick caps. Central broad gable over Nos. 15 and 16 with coat of arms recessed in diamond frame over stone tablet inscribed: "These Almshouses were erected and endowed by Frances Harley to the memory of her mother The Honourable Mrs Harley of Trebarried for the reception of 6 poor indigent women AD MDCCCXXXII". Voussoir lintels to Tudor pointed window and door openings. Paired casement windows with diamond leaded glazing; boarded shutters with 'C' shaped fastenings; boarded doors.
Plane gable ends; extension to rear.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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