Judge's Lodging

Built in the 1870s as a residence and courthouse for visiting judges, the Judge's Lodging on Broad Street in Presteigne now operates as an independent museum run by the registered charity Judges Lodging Trust. Rooms are dressed as they would have appeared in Victorian service, lit by gas lamps, candles and open fires rather than electric light, and visitors move between the judge's private quarters and the servants' basement below. The Prince of Wales toured the building in 2014, the same year it took a prize in the Hudson's Heritage Awards. Two holiday flats, the Retiring Rooms, are being added to the site with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The museum opens seasonally from spring.