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
8991
Building Number
6
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/09/1985
Date of Amendment
30/09/1985
Name of Property
H.W.Parker, Chemist
Address
6 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Knighton
Town
Locality
Easting
328531
Northing
272333
Street Side
Location
Forward to the street and set into slope of the "Narrows".
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Exterior
C19 3-storey, 2-window roughcast and brick front to an earlier, possibly C17 structure. Slate roof, brick stacks, wide boxed eaves, plain bargeboards to right gable end. 3-light sash windows with timber architraves. 3-bay shop front with fluted brackets to fascia. Modern window to front of gable end, corrugated iron and weather-boarding beyond to right. Narrow lane to right entered through boarded gates and leading to side entrance of house. Roof pitch divides down centre rear and is higher to the right. Brick stack to centre base of pitch and gable to right.
Interior
Interior retains timber beams exposed throughout, 4ft thick cross wall possibly indicating former division into two properties, and former link to No 7. Probably C17 larch roof with heavy ridge beam, through purlins and supporting struts. The ridge and some other timbers replaced to lower (left) part of roof.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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