Laura Ashley is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 April 1989. House. 2 related planning applications.
Laura Ashley
- WRENN ID
- blind-corridor-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1989
- Type
- House
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building known as Laura Ashley is a three-storey, five-bay structure featuring a simple classical design. The front is constructed of stock brick on the second floor, with painted brick on the first floor and rusticated cladding on the right side of the ground floor. It has a hipped slate roof, with hipped projections over the paired outer bays. The central bay was previously recessed, but the ground and first floors were brought forward, likely during its conversion to a cinema. There is a timber balustrade on the second floor, which forms a 'balcony' that is not accessible.
Most of the windows are sash windows, with six and fifteen panes, although there are modern windows on the right side of the second floor. A freestone cill band runs along the second floor. The shop front for Siop Yr Oen has been altered, featuring a projecting fascia below the shop sign and pilasters flanking the window and central splayed entrance. A figure of a sheep is suspended from a bracket on the first floor.
A band course at the fascia level extends across the rusticated cladding of Laura Ashley's, which includes three round-arched openings with an impost band. The left arch is slightly taller and features an iron gate with an overthrow. The central opening has an eight-panel former bank door, while a modern window has been inserted into the former doorway on the right. The side elevations are made of rubble, with the right side painted and featuring three arched openings that were once full height, along with a band course that continues from the front. Some openings are blocked, indicating that there may have been a balcony.
The rear of the building is constructed of rubble with stock brick dressings and has small pane sashes, along with a recessed central bay. The interior has been partially converted, but the second floor retains one room with fluted Corinthian pilasters and bracketed springers for the trusses.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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