Full Report for Listed Buildings


Summary Description of a Listed Buildings


Reference Number
8893
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
26/03/1985  
Date of Amendment
26/03/1985  
Name of Property
The Castle (formerly The Castle PH)  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Presteigne  
Town
 
Locality
 
Easting
331336  
Northing
264477  
Street Side
 
Location
 

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Large C17 building (said to date from 1685), altered C18 and later, yard entrance on left.  

Exterior
2 storey 3 window white roughcast front with black-painted detailing, bowed walling suggests jettying at 1st floor level. Slate roof, end bargeboards, brick stacks, modern flat-roofed dormer over eaves with-cut down Venetian window, dentil cornice. Two double hung sashes with glazing bars in flush frames to 1st floor, 2 storey splayed bay to right, C19 ground floor bay to left with heavy detailing. Large centre bay to ground floor with fixed glazing and overall lean-to roof, plain columns to left and right doors under. Timber studding and brick work infill to left gable end and rear; massive rear stack with moulded cornice, heightened in red brick.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Group value.  

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