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Kington Library, Formerly the Old Radnor Trading Company Headquarters

A Grade II Listed Building in Kington, County of Herefordshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2038 / 52°12'13"N

Longitude: -3.0287 / 3°1'43"W

OS Eastings: 329797

OS Northings: 256672

OS Grid: SO297566

Mapcode National: GBR F5.37CK

Mapcode Global: VH778.GV6Y

Plus Code: 9C4R6X3C+GG

Entry Name: Kington Library, Formerly the Old Radnor Trading Company Headquarters

Listing Date: 17 September 2002

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1031885

English Heritage Legacy ID: 489779

Also known as: Formerly The Old Radnor Trading Company Headquarters
The Old Radnor Trading Company Headquarters
The Kington Centre
Kington Centre

ID on this website: 101031885

Location: Kington, County of Herefordshire, HR5

County: County of Herefordshire

Civil Parish: Kington

Built-Up Area: Kington

Traditional County: Herefordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Herefordshire

Church of England Parish: Kington

Church of England Diocese: Hereford

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KINGTON

643-1/0/10003 BRIDGE STREET
17-SEP-02 Kington
(East side)
Kington Library, formerly the Old Radn
or Trading Company Headquarters

GV II

Offices and showroom. 1905, by C.S. Delfosse for the Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone and General Trading Company. Precast concrete; roof not visible. Clasical style. 2 storeys. Corner site, comprising 5 windows onto Duke Street and two onto Bridge Street. Plate-glass sashes. Balustraded parapet, with urns over panels to each bay division. Modillioned cornice. First floor has ashlar finish, and plate-glass sashes in moulded architraves. Moulded string with Greek key frieze over rusticated ground floor, the segmental arches over the windows having voussoirs and keyblocks with relief scrolls. Vermiculated quoins flank curved entrance bay to centre; double-leaf panelled doors set in Gibbs surround with vermiculated blocks and relief-moulded keyblock; blank parapet surmounted by pediment with date in tympanum. Ornamental air bricks. Interior: moulded cornicing and original joinery including panelled doors; walnut desk counter; etched glass with Greek key margins and central company logo.
History: this building occupies a pivotal corner site in the centre of this town. The Old Radnor Lime, Roadstone and General Trading Company, set up in 1875, acquired a strong reputation for the quality of their precast concrete, being awarded the gold medal at the National Trades Industrial Exhibition in 1897. Decorative precast concrete had been used on a limited scale since the mid 19th century, this being a particularly ornate example made to resemble granite.


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