History

Built 1837 for the Hay poor Law Union which was formed 26th September 1836 comprising 25 parishes;

Exterior

Modern conversion to housing. Standard grid plan form with transverse and spinal ranges linked by central octagonal block. Classical 8-bay freestone front with extensions to either end, central 2 bays advanced and gabled with plaque reading H U 1837; cill band and rusticated bull nosed plinth. Slate roof with cresting and wide eaves with brackets to gable. Voussoir lintels to small pane sash windows, all replaced; one window to right converted into a doorway and vice versa to centre. Bracket cornices to central doorways. 2-storey modern extension to left (No.1) with upper floor set back and with implied blocked windows; cement render right hand extension slightly set back with sash windows.

Rubble walled courtyards to N and S much modernised; casement windows with lintels. 3-storey octagon with 4-light pivot windows to flanking N and S ranges, brick chimney stacks including one that is especially tall. Single storey range with similar detail extends to E from octagon with louvred gablet dormers, also to lower attached hipped roof range at NE.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29486433

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Recommended Books

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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)