Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7296
Building Number
10
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
Harley's Almhouses
Address
10 Brecon Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Hay
Town
Locality
Easting
322591
Northing
241977
Street Side
Location
Set back from the road behind grassed forecourt with lower rubble wall to front.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Group of 12 almshouses built in 1836; heightened to centre in 1927.
Exterior
Single storey, except Nos. 6 and 7 which are 2-storey, 1 window fronts; coursed rubble with plinth. Slate roof overhanging eaves and brick chimney stacks set diagonally, those to centre are taller, flanking 2-window pebbledash gable to Nos. 6 and 7. Voussoir lintels to tudor pointed windows and door openings. Paired casement windows with diamond leaded glazing and boarded shutters with C-shaped fastenings; boarded doors. Slated lean to brackets hoods, twinned except for end houses. Casement windows to 1927 addition, crucifix over datestone and coat of arms in diamond recess. Modern tablet below inscribed "Harley Almshouses, these almshouses were built and endowed by Frances Harley in memory of her Sister Martha Harley of Trebarried in 1836, they were modernised in 1974".
Modern windows to rear; lean to at centre.
Interior
Reason for designation
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