Survey Data
Reg No
22806008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social
Original Use
Outbuilding
In Use As
Outbuilding
Date
1850 - 1870
Coordinates
241914, 107954
Date Recorded
14/07/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Attached three-bay single-storey rubble stone outbuilding with half attic, c.1860, on a corner site originally detached retaining original aspect with pair of shallow segmental-headed carriageways to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to rear (south-west) elevation) with no sills, timber boarded fittings, and one 1/1 timber sash window to first floor side (south-east) elevation. Pseudo three-centred arch door opening. Fittings not discerned. Pair of shallow segmental-headed carriageways with cut-stone surrounds, and voussoirs. Set in grounds shared with Newtown Farm on a corner site with courtyard to east and rear (south-west) elevation fronting on to road. (ii) Attached three-bay two-storey rubble stone outbuilding, c.1910, to north-west retaining original aspect with pair of shallow segmental-headed carriageways to ground floor. Pitched slate roof with clay ridge tiles, rendered coping, and cast-iron rainwater goods. Random rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings (slit-style to rear (south-west) elevation) with red brick surrounds, and timber boarded fittings. Square-headed door openings (including to first floor to side (north-west) elevation approached by flight of stone steps) with red brick dressings, and replacement timber panelled door, c.1985. Pair of shallow segmental-headed carriageways with red brick dressings, and replacement iron-sheeted rolling doors, c.1985. (ii) Gateway, c.1860, to south-east comprising pair of rubble stone piers with pyramidal capping having wrought iron gates, and random rubble stone flanking boundary wall.
Appraisal
These outbuildings, built as separate entities forming a unified composition, are a fine example of the vernacular tradition in Newtown, as identified by the informal arrangement of the openings, and the construction in unrefined materials - the cut-stone dressings to the carriageways are prominent as a consequence, and attest to high quality stone masonry. Well-maintained, the outbuildings retain their original form and character, and, prominently sited at Newtown Crossroads in the centre of the village, form an attractive landmark in the locality.