Reading Room is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 12 September 1996. Public building. 2 related planning applications.

Reading Room

WRENN ID
eastward-finial-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Date first listed
12 September 1996
Type
Public building
Source
Cadw listing

Description

Rock-faced ashlar with freestone dressings. Slate roofs. Central gable with 3 tall lancets to the upper floor, 2 doors with Caernarfon heads and overlights placed symmetrically either side of a window on the ground floor, each with a gothic gabled canopy set on terracotta figured corbels. Spherical triangular vent in gable. Wings to each side; to left, the former police house, of 2 bays with windows in ashlar- quoined frames, flat label hood and brackets, and part-raised dormers to upper floor. The first of the 2 bays to right (N) is similar, the second has a large loop vent and JN monogram on a flush shield over. Yellow pots on gable stacks. Rear extension on the S wing. To the rear of the gabled front, a 2-storey brick extension with applied timber framing.

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