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
8228
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/04/1989
Date of Amendment
10/04/1989
Name of Property
20 China Street
Address
20 China Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanidloes
Town
Locality
Easting
295382
Northing
284434
Street Side
Location
In the middle of a 'Y' road junction. Opposite perllandy, with gable end facing up China Street and rear elevation to Smithfeild Street. Patterned cobbled pavement to the front.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Mid C19 late Georgian 2-storey structure originally built as one house and later divided into 2 houses and a shop.
Exterior
2-window rendered front to No 19 and 1-window roughcast front to No 20 with plinth. Slate roof, hipped at left end, wide boarded eaves and modern brick chimney stacks. No 19 has recently inserted 16-pane sash windows and N0 20 has sashes without glazing bars. Twinned doorcase with overall cornice, altered and enlarged when converted; Tuscan columns to No 19, square piers to No 20, both with 6-panel half glazed doors (No 19 also has a panelled fanlight). Blocked up doorway to shop. 2 light cellar window to left below grate. Chamfered corner to left and slate hung left end. splayed bay window with fluted pilasters on right gable with 4-pane sashes; small railed terrace on corner. Beyond this the building follows the street line with a gable end at a splayed angle and set in the slope - further sash windows. The slate hung rear of No 19 is splayed back to right with gable and 36-pane sash staircase window.
Interior
C19 interiors are retained; No 20 has asymmetrically carved timber balusters to step staircase and a coloured marble fireplace to the room with the bay window.
Reason for designation
Included for its townscape location and group value with perllandy and Severn View.
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