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
8167
Building Number
5  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
09/05/1988  
Date of Amendment
09/05/1988  
Name of Property
5 Severn Square  
Address
5 Severn Square  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn  
Town
 
Locality
Newtown  
Easting
310930  
Northing
291691  
Street Side
NW  
Location
Set back from the modern street line behind a shallow railed forecourt, at the junction of Severn Street with St Mary's Close.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Late C18, Georgian. The building served as a private school in the 1880's.  

Exterior
3 storey and cellar 3 window Flemish bond symmetrical brick front. Gently pitched slate roof, pitch daubed. Saw toothed eaves cornice, later bargeboards. Brick stacks, projecting to right; new caps. Shallow 8 pane sashes flanking similar 6 pane window to 2nd floor. 16 pane sashes flanking 12 pane sash to 1st floor. 16 pane sashes over cellar openings to ground floor. Gauged brick voussoirs to flat arches. Plain reveals, stone sills. Stone steps with handrails lead up to plain doorcases with dripboard. Shallow rectangular fan, C19 panelled door. Iron railings with dog-bars to forecourts. Rear elevation of English garden wall bond, cambered header arches to casement windows. Offset, tall narrow stair sash window. Modern lean-to replaces former gabled extension to right.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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