Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
8345
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/04/1989
Date of Amendment
10/04/1989
Name of Property
Upper White House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanidloes
Town
Locality
Easting
295240
Northing
284596
Street Side
Location
At the end of the bridge facing up Short Bridge Street. Above the road with stonewalled forecourt; set in the slope.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Formerly known as Bridgend House and Highgate House.
Built in 1839-40 by the local builder William Jerman for the flannel manufacturer Edward Hughes, Manager of the Town Factory opposite from 1834 to 1845.
Exterior
3-storey, 3-window symmetrical stucco front with pebbledash margins and brick plinth; slate roof with boarded eaves and 2 stock brick chimney stacks (that to right is set transversely). Margins to 6 and 12-pane sash windows and bracket cornice to entrance with half glazed door and plain overlight; basement opening to right. Slate hung left gable end with rubble base; small lean-to at rear.
Painted pebbledash 2-window right end with 2 sash windows and 2 blocked openings; lean-to with 4-panel door. At the rear in a converted outbuilding is Ffynnon Idloes, the kiln well traditionally believed to have curative powers.
Interior
The interior was altered ca 1980 in conversion to flats.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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