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
7369
Building Number
13  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
01/02/1988  
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988  
Name of Property
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop  
Address
13 High Town  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Hay  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
322901  
Northing
242372  
Street Side
 
Location
 

Description


Broad Class
Commercial  
Period
 

History
 

Exterior
7369 7370 Set in the slope opposite Hay Castle; set forward from No 1 Castle Street to left. No 13 was formerly a bakery. C17 timber framed structures, formerly jettied with later alterations. Pair of 2-storey, gable ended ranges with attached range to rear parallel with the street. Slate roofs and brick chimney stacks. No 13 has broad eaves, exposed studding to the front gable and carved timber bracket to right corner; the main posts thicken considerably below the tie beam. Blocked timber mullioned attic window over heightened 1st floor casement window. Overall modern small pane glazed shop front built out under jetty and curved around the corner; double doors and rubble plinth. Small pane casement window to right end over return of shop front; advanced rendered stone gable end beyond with chimney breast. The roughcast front to No 14 has 1st floor sash window with marginal glazing bars and plate glass shop windows flanking central entrance. The roughcast left side has similar shop window. The Interior of No 13 is on varying levels; plain beams. The ground floor of No 14 is open through to rear with chamfered main beams; simple pegged trusses with double collars. Group value.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
 

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