Cambrian House, Newtown

Image: © Richard Law Taken: 10 Jul 2022

This late Georgian house is a bit of an odd survivor in this part of Newtown. Older maps from the turn of the 19th century show that it was apparently incorporated into the Lower Canal Road frontage of the large Cambrian Mill complex, a former woollen/flannel/tweed factory which occupied much of the site to the immediate southwest of here between the mid 1850s and 1912 when it was destroyed by fire. Perhaps it was a manager's house of some sort? Since the demolition of the rest of the mill buildings, it is now surrounded by newer developments in most directions, and was Grade II listed https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300008127-cambrian-house-newtown-and-llanllwchaiarn#.Yxt09HbMLIV in 1988, presumably in an attempt to ensure its character was not entirely lost. It must be said at present, it does look a little sorry for itself, especially on the northern gable (at the far end of this photo) which can only really be described as 'ragged'.

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