Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7801
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
25/04/1950
Date of Amendment
29/02/1996
Name of Property
,20,High Street,Welshpool,,POWYS,
Address
20 High Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Welshpool
Town
Locality
Welshpool
Easting
322213
Northing
307633
Street Side
N
Location
Immediately E of Powell's Lane.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Exterior
History: The house forms part of a block of 3 houses, which represent a single development by the Powis estate, c1740, and previously known as Plas Goch.
Exterior: Brick, painted to front elevation, and rebuilt in upper gable end; slate roof with end wall stacks. 2 storeys with attic within the roof. 4-window range with entrance to left of centre: pedimented doorcase with foliate scrolled brackets to hood, and 6-panelled door. Windows throughout are flush-framed 12-pane sashes with cambered brick heads. 2x2-light dormer windows with shallow leaded roofs within the roof. Rear elevation has tall camber-headed windows (cast-iron casements with transoms), and a doorway (reduced in height).
A well-detailed early C18 town house which is of particular significance as part of a larger development.
Reference: Ion Trant, The Changing Face of Welshpool, 1986, p.32.
Interior
Reason for designation
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