Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
9176
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
13/12/1951
Date of Amendment
15/02/1993
Name of Property
Harpton Court
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Old Radnor
Town
Locality
Harpton
Easting
323482
Northing
259828
Street Side
Location
Set in open countryside midway between Walton and New Radnor.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
The former seat of the Lewis family from the C16 (Sir George Cornewall Lewis was Chancellor of the Exchequer under Palmerston). The house was sold in 1953 and the main domestic ranges demolished in 1956. The north-west wing and the stable yard survive.
Exterior
Later C19, neo-Tudor 3-storey block of snecked rubble facings and ashlar dressings. Stepped gable ends, finials, 2 oriel bays, 2-storey canted corner block forming entrance hall. East gable end has drip-course stepped around recessed panel with armorial plaque. Chamfered multi-lights with large-paned horned sashes. To north is adjoining fragment of earlier tower with battlements and machicolations, in coursed rubble stone with triple-shafted corner stack and pyramid-capped look-out block, loopholes, round-headed windows under hood moulds. Various improvements were made by the architect, John Nash, to the (demolished) house for T Frankland Lewis in the early C19.
Interior
Reason for designation
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