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
8255
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
10/04/1989  
Date of Amendment
10/04/1989  
Name of Property
Foundry House  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Llanidloes  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
295630  
Northing
284506  
Street Side
 
Location
At the end of Foundry Terrace on the edge of the former foundry complex. No 17 attached at left end and the rest of the terrace (Nos 1 to 16) stepped down beyond.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
ca 1870's?, contemporary with Nos 13 to 16 (no break in the brickwork), shown on 1887 map.  

Exterior
Foundry House was possibly built as the foundry Manager's house. 2-storey and basement 5-window red brick front with blue brick banding and plinth. Hipped slate roof with bracket eaves and blue brick chimney stacks. Cambered openings with blue and red brick gauged voussoirs; the ground floor windows are offset to the right and there is one blocked opening at left end. Horned 4-pane sash windows and two half glazed doors, one to extreme right end. Hoods over basement windows. Brick right end. 3-storey, 2-window left end including the 1-window No 17. The Foundry House windows (mainly sash) are deeper and that to the ground floor is a 12-pane casement beside half glazed door; 6 and 12-pane sashes to N 17 with 4-panel door. Both forecourts have contemporary iron railings arched at the top as on Nos 1 to 16. These sweep up around the corner and step up to run along the front of Foundry House and Gorn View.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Included as an especially well preserved example of industrial housing. Group value with the remainder of Foundry Terrace and the original foundry building.  

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