Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7275
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Thornton House
Address
7 Bear Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Hay
Town
Locality
Easting
323108
Northing
242342
Street Side
Location
Detached to the right and set in the slope.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Early C18, said to be ca. 1720, and at some time before 1822 it was a soapworks.
Exterior
2-storey, 3-window roughcast front. Steep slate roof, dentil eaves and rubble end chimney stack with weathercoursing. 12-pane sash windows to 1st floor; shallow 4-pane horned sashes below. Offset entrance to ground floor with broad bracket hood, reeded pilasters, panelled reveals and 6-panelled door. Whitewashed rubble gable ends to right with dripmould over attic window.
Rubble garden revetment wall to right retaining railings. Said to retain original roof construction and internal framed partitions.
Interior
Reason for designation
Goup value with neighbouring listed items in Bear Street.
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