CPAT Regional Sites & Monuments Record

PRN 30645 - Welshpool, Church St `The Cross'
Listed Building 7779 (II )

Probably early Victorian remodelling of older fabric. 3 storeys. Ashlared stucco. 3 unevenly-spaced horned sash windows with glazing bars. Victorian types of moulded 6-panel door and bracketed hood. Projecting eaves and gable on right. Chamfered brick stacks. Modern tablet records historical importance: "This house was erected in 1692..... occupied by..... Robert Owen (1741-1804), father of Robert Owen (1771-1858), the Social Reformer..... the house became an inn..... until..... 1906". Occupies conspicuous position at central cross-roads of town. Formerly bore tablet "1/GA/1692".

(Former listing description)

The following is from Cadw's Listed Buildings database

Prominently sited at the cross roads in the centre of the town, in front of the Royal Oak Hotel

Probably early Victorian remodelling of older fabric. 3 storeys. Ashlared stucco. 3 unevenly-spaced horned sash windows with glazing bars. Victorian types of moulded 6-panel door and bracketed hood. Projecting eaves and gable on right. Chamfered

Sources:-
Cadw , 1981 , Powys: List No. 16 (Welshpool) , 19
Cadw Listing database , 2000 , ,
Jones, N W, Silvester, R J & Britnell, W J , 2003 , Montgomery Canal Conservation Management Strategy. Landscape Archaeology Assessment , CPAT Report 550 .

Events:-
Assessment CPAT / 2003(31/08/03) -
Desktop study CPAT / 2003(31/08/03) -
HLC CPAT / 2003(31/08/03) -

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Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust, Curatorial Section, 7a Church Street, Welshpool, Powys SY21 7DL.
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