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
8893
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/03/1985
Date of Amendment
26/03/1985
Name of Property
The Castle (formerly The Castle PH)
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Presteigne
Town
Locality
Easting
331336
Northing
264477
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Large C17 building (said to date from 1685), altered C18 and later, yard entrance on left.
Exterior
2 storey 3 window white roughcast front with black-painted detailing, bowed walling suggests jettying at 1st floor level. Slate roof, end bargeboards, brick stacks, modern flat-roofed dormer over eaves with-cut down Venetian window, dentil cornice.
Two double hung sashes with glazing bars in flush frames to 1st floor, 2 storey splayed bay to right, C19 ground floor bay to left with heavy detailing. Large centre bay to ground floor with fixed glazing and overall lean-to roof, plain columns to left and right doors under.
Timber studding and brick work infill to left gable end and rear; massive rear stack with moulded cornice, heightened in red brick.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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