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Latitude: 52.6605 / 52°39'37"N
Longitude: -3.1501 / 3°9'0"W
OS Eastings: 322305
OS Northings: 307601
OS Grid: SJ223076
Mapcode National: GBR B0.5F3Q
Mapcode Global: WH79P.LD46
Plus Code: 9C4RMR6X+6W
Entry Name: 8, High Street, Welshpool, POWYS
Listing Date: 11 March 1981
Last Amended: 29 February 1996
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7793
Building Class: Commercial
ID on this website: 300007793
Location: Adjoins Park Lane House, and forms part of a continuously built up row to the W of Park Lane.
County: Powys
Community: Welshpool (Y Trallwng)
Community: Welshpool
Built-Up Area: Welshpool
Traditional County: Montgomeryshire
Tagged with: Building
History: Probably c1600 (though possibly incorporating earlier fabric), and raised in height, C18. Formerly a public house, The Cross Keys, it is now a restaurant, with accommodation above.
Exterior: Originally a 2 storeyed building, subsequently raised in height, and comprising a main range parallel to the street, with a short rear wing (later extended). Timber framed throughout, though partially rendered over, with slate roof. Ground floor occupied by a C20 shop front, with central doorway flanked by canted shop windows with leaded lights. Entry to through passage to right. Upper storey has decorative timber framing: 3 tiers of small panels with cusped quatrefoils: 2 windows, renewed in earlier openings (the framing pattern appears to be designed around them). Render to attic storey, which has 2 small casement windows (renewed) beneath the eaves. Timber framing in square panels exposed in side elevation; raised upper storey also has exposed framing to rear.
Interior: The internal layout has been extensively altered with changing uses, but stop-chamfered ceiling beams remain in situ in right hand bay (though internal partitions have been removed).
The building is of special interest for the richness of its timberwork and represents a fine example of a wealthy urban building of c1600.
References: Ion Trant, The Changing Face of Welshpool, 1986, p.26.
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