7458

38  

II  

Designated  

14/06/1952  

16/09/1991  

The Old Hall  

38 West Street  

Powys  

Builth  

 

 

303891  

250985  

 

Opposite St Mary's churchyard.  

Domestic  

 

Late Georgian. Perhaps built as almshouses and used as police station and courthouse before present domestic use.  

Hipped slate roof, 2 brick chimneys. Painted roughcast rendering with smooth plinth band and band courses Two storeys, 5 window front elevation, low and broad, with central gable containing round-headed attic window. On first floor, twelve pane hornless sash windows, set shallow and grouped 1+3+1. Central doorway with glazed double door and lamp above. Doorways at each end have 6-panelled doors. At left side, smooth-rendered wing with traces of scribed 'coursing', on first floor, two 12 pane sashes. On ground floor, panelled door under modern canopy, to its left, one square casement window. At right side, wing in painted rubble with string course. One square window with modern frame and shutters. Later nineteenth century extension with half-glazed door under canopy.  

Interior retains timber-framed partitions and evidence of former partitions (eg mortices in exposed ceiling beams). All three dwellings have identical stairs probably of early C19.  

Group Value with neighbouring listed buildings.