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.
Date of Designation
18/07/1949
Date of Amendment
09/05/1988
Name of Property
Black Boy Hotel
Community
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
Location
On the street line half way between Old Church Street and the Long Bridge.
History
C17 timber framed lobby entry plan house, refronted in brick later C18.
Exterior
3-storey, 4-window, whitewashed Flemish bond front. Bands at floor levels. Raised eaves giving gently pitched slate roof. Saw toothed eaves cornice. Central panelled brick stack, new cap. 2 and 3 light small paned iron casement window under eaves to 2nd floor. Similar transomed windows to 1st floor of 3 lights each flanking dummy with 2 light window over carriageway. Cambered heads, shallow reveals, similar heads to modern leaded windows ground floor. Moulded canopy to open timber porch, brick footings. Plank door. Later carriageway to right, timber lintel. Timber framed gable end and rear elevations. Square panels, brick nogging. Upper panels later. Modern extension to ground floor.
Interior
Axial beams roughly chamfered.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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