Shire Hall

The Shire Hall is a municipal structure in Broad Street, Presteigne, Powys, Wales. The building incorporates a well-preserved courtroom and a museum known as "the Judge's Lodging". Once the judicial centre for Radnorshire, is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Building
Description: Grade II* listed building in Powys. Museum in Presteigne, Wales
Also known as: “Judge’s Lodging”, “Shire Hall Including Branch Library And Museum”, “Shire Hall, Presteigne”, and “The Judge’s Lodging”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Presteigne Library and St Andrew’s Church.

Presteigne Library

Library

Photo: Dave Croker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew’s Church

Church

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Andrew's Church is a Church of England parish church in Presteigne, Powys, Wales. It was first constructed in the 9th century by the Anglo-Saxons and retains elements of the original Anglo-Saxon church within a Norman renovation and later Victorian restoration. St Andrew’s Church is situated 470 feet northeast of Shire Hall.

Radnorshire Arms

Hotel

Photo: Percy Benzie Abery, CC0.

The Radnorshire Arms is a well-preserved Jacobean building in the Welsh border town of Presteigne, in Powys. The building has the date 1616 over its door but it is claimed it dates to the 16th century, once owned by Sir Christopher Hatton, a lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England and rumoured lover of Queen Elizabeth I. Radnorshire Arms is situated 830 feet northwest of Shire Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Norton and Combe.

Norton

Village

Norton is a village in Presteigne community, Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales. In 1086, Norton was recorded as a settlement within the hundred of Leintwardine and in the county of Shropshire in the Domesday Book. Norton is situated 2 miles northwest of Shire Hall.

Combe

Hamlet

Combe is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire on the border with Wales. The village lies 4 km east of Presteigne near the confluence of the Hindwell Brook and the River Lugg. Combe is situated 2 miles east of Shire Hall.