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
8894
Building Number
42
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
24/10/1974
Date of Amendment
26/03/1985
Name of Property
Mansion House including Country Style (formerly Bennett's Shop)
Address
42 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Presteigne
Town
Locality
Easting
331355
Northing
264457
Street Side
Location
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Substantial late medieval T-plan house with tall 3 storey C18/early C19 frontages to street.
Exterior
2 window stucco front with band over 1st floor, pitched slate roof with moulded eaves attached to gable bargeboards. Tripartite sash windows in flush wooden frames. Entry to passage on left with ornamental fanlight and 6-panel door. Low 2 storey 1 window extension to right with projecting double shop front under overall fascia running from main front, timber-framing to lane wall at right end with horizontal moulded beam.
2 storey timber-framed and white washed elevation to passage, first floor jettied and partly cut away to reveal framing. Lower roughcast range to rear with 16-pane sash and case windows to 1st floor.
Interior
Interior of rear wing (separated by a cross passage from front building) appears to have contained an open hall of probable aisled-truss construction. Elaborate surviving details include a variety of roll-moulded beams and a finely carved bracket with traceried spandrel.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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