No 1 Park Houses

Nos. 1 and 2 Park Houses are a largely 17th and 18th century building situated within the gardens at Powis, forming a handsome element within the landscape. The northern elevation, facing Dairy Square, is of brick with a slate roof, although the basement storey incorporates rubble. An early doorway is located on the left-hand side, accessed by steps with a squared balustrade; it features paired six-panelled doors set within a bolection moulded architrave, flanked by windows with steeply cambered brick heads. A later doorway has been inserted to the right, cutting through the steeply arched head of an earlier window. Further insertions of early date are visible as ground floor windows, although the layout reveals a series of steeply arched window heads. At first floor level, a series of blocked windows remain, their steeply arched heads partially obscured by the present eaves line. The existing windows are secondary, constructed of cast iron with small panes and central opening lights; their style suggests a possible link to an earlier extension to the left.

The southern elevation, which faces the garden, is two storeys high with a full basement, partly constructed of rubble. The elevation is divided by a boundary wall which forms the east edge of the Formal Garden. The left-hand section shows early fenestration at basement level, mirroring the style of the blocked windows on the north elevation, including a series of five steeply arched windows, and a further window alongside the wall to the right. An inserted doorway is visible to the left, with paired secondary windows to the right. The upper storeys display aligned windows on the left-hand side, arranged as a closely spaced series of five windows, all with plastered plain architraves. A single window to the right has a steeply arched head, suggesting it may be original, while the others have single ring cambered heads and are likely secondary. Most of these windows are cast iron with small panes and central opening vents, but one mullioned and transomed leaded light remains, potentially a remnant from an earlier phase. The section to the right of the wall features windows with wooden mullions and transoms, and larger panes.

Within the western range, one room on the first floor consists of three bays of conventional early 19th century fire-proof construction, featuring brick arches between cast-iron beams carried on cast-iron columns. The building is of group value as an early estate building, reflecting its modifications and adaptations for particular uses.