Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
8965
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/09/1985
Date of Amendment
30/09/1985
Name of Property
Norton Arms Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Knighton
Town
Locality
Easting
328662
Northing
272244
Street Side
Location
Stone-built square block at the corner of Brookside and Broad Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Built by Sir Richard Green Price and opened in 1867.
Exterior
3-storey and basement rubble front with freestone dressings. 3-storey splayed bays to left and right, iron-railed balconies to first floor supported on curved iron brackets. Hipped slate roof, very wide bracket eaves with saw-tooth moulding. 3 rubble chimney stacks. Three 3-light grouped sash windows with wide glazing. Projecting central semi-octagonal porch with parapet and small semi-circular pediment and shield. 4-pane lights to sides and semi-circular arched entrance to centre with keystone and panelled pilasters, recessed 6 panel door with fanlight and panelled reveals.
7-bay gabled and half-timbered building of 1894 to right is not of special interest.
Interior
Interior retains 2-level galleries around main openwell stair with cusped braces and stop chamfered beams.
Reason for designation
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