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
8896
Building Number
44&45
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
26/03/1985
Date of Amendment
26/03/1985
Name of Property
King's Head Stores
Address
44&45 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Presteigne
Town
Presteigne
Locality
Easting
331375
Northing
264437
Street Side
W
Location
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Probably C17 timber-framed to left, C18 to right, later alterations.
Exterior
Single U-plan building with slightly bowed frontage to street. 2 storey and basement front, formerly jettied over ground floor left, roughcast on brick with rubble to side walls, slate roof hipped to left end with remains of rubble stack in end wall below. 3 C18 double-hung sashes with glazing bars, flush timber frames. C20 double shop front with curved leaded glazing to left, plain C19 double shop front to right. Boarded door to wide central entry to yard. Low 2 storey rear ranges with roughcast walls and slate roofs, arched braces to timber-frame of upper floor behind No 45, close studding.
Interior
Reason for designation
Group value.
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