Herbert Hall, Crickhowell, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8571 / 51°51'25"N

Longitude: -3.1395 / 3°8'22"W

OS Eastings: 321620

OS Northings: 218228

OS Grid: SO216182

Mapcode National: GBR F0.T3XG

Mapcode Global: VH6CH.JLM6

Plus Code: 9C3RVV46+R6

Entry Name: Herbert Hall

Listing Date: 25 September 1986

Last Amended: 25 September 1986

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7166

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300007166

Location: Situated at the top of Bridge Street near the junction with High Street and set back behind a walled courtyard; prominently sited above River Usk.

County: Powys

Community: Crickhowell (Crughywel)

Community: Crickhowell

Built-Up Area: Crickhowell

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Mid C19 Regency-style rebuilding of an earlier C17 house of the Herbert family shown on map of 1760 and view of 1811; at one time incorporated the Beaufort Estate office.

Exterior

3-storey, 5-window scribed stucco front; slate roof with wide bracket eaves; end chimney stacks with grouped octagonal brick flues. Central cross gable with blind octofoil roundel. Recessed windows mostly replaced to 2nd floor, 12-pane sash windows to 1st and ground floors. Broad tripartite window to centre with moulded cornice and bracketed cill, 2-pane sashes flanking central blind arched opening and panelled base. Pitched roof porch below with ironwork ornamentation to uprights, spandrels and pediments. Half-glazed door with fanlight; lozenge leaded half-glazed door to right.

Interior

Interior retains ornate Jacobean open well staircase reused from previous house with four-centred arched to right; plaster ceilings with cornices to hall and dining room.

Reasons for Listing

Group value.

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Herbert Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Crickhowell, Powys