1 Salop Road is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1981. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

1 Salop Road

WRENN ID
standing-turret-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
11 March 1981
Type
Cottage
Address
1 Salop Road, Welshpool, SY21 7DT
OS grid reference
SJ 226 076
Coordinates
52.66128, -3.14572
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

A cottage ornée dating from approximately 1835 to 1840, built on the site of a former toll house. The property was later acquired by the Powysland Club in 1873, intended for use as accommodation for the staff of the nearby Powysland Museum.

The cottage is a single-story, two-unit building with a central entrance emphasized by pilasters at the corners and flanking the doorway. It is constructed of painted brick with a plain tiled roof and a brick axial stack. A gabled porch shelters the entrance, featuring a chamfered 4-centred archway and a similar arch framing the 4-panelled door. The porch has pierced bargeboards topped with a pendant finial on the steep gable. Three-light windows with chamfered architraves are positioned on either side of the entrance. The roof extends outwards on both sides of the porch to create a veranda, supported by octagonal timber posts with arched braces. A short wing projects from the rear.

Original wrought iron railings with spear finials run along the street, and a matching central gate provides access.

This represents a fine example of a small cottage ornée and is of particular interest because of its association with the Powysland Museum.

Local climate

1 Salop Road receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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