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
7394
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1951
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Butter Market
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Hay
Town
Locality
Easting
322971
Northing
242377
Street Side
Location
To E of the Cheese Market; set in the slope between Market Street and High Town.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Dated 1833; built by William Enoch on the site of a previous Butter Market; restored in 1984 following the building's enclosure for use as a store in the 2nd World War.
Exterior
The design suggests a miniature Doric Temple. Rubble open colonnaded structure, 3 bays by 9. Hipped slate roof with cornice and plane entablature over cylindrical columns with entasis; rubble base. Higher entrances to N and S sides with blocking courses; segmental arched openings with voussoirs.
Interior
Interior has 6-bay timber roof with king-post trusses. Plaque to S side reads "This building was restored by members of the Warren Club in the year 1984 and opened by Mr. Bert Breeze BEM".
Reason for designation
Group value.
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