Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nos 12 & 12a
Brecon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 January 1952
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94659, -3.38980
- Cadw reference
- 6842
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Close to end of this side of The Bulwark.
History
Probably built ealy-to-mid C17. In early C18, new doorway and windows. In early C19 a new top storey was added.
Exterior
Former house; now businesses with accommodation above. Stucco with cornice; long-and-short quoins. Elevation to the Bulwark of 3 storeys, 7 bays; sash windows in moulded architraves; second floor windows of 9 panes, others 12-pane sashes. On ground floor, in central bay, fine early C18 moulded wooden doorcase with fluted pilasters and hood supported on carved enriched consoles; 8-panelled door. Three windows to L of doorway; modern shopfront to R. Roof of rear range has 2 clusters of diagonal chimney stacks of stone rubble; block with hipped roof to rear elevation; overhanging eaves; sash windows. To R, 2-storey SE rear wing along Glamorgan Street with steep slate roof and tall chimney stack: single window to each floor. Block at right angles at SE end; gable of this wing facing Glamorgan Street has rendered stack in apex, and windows to NW end of gable; 2-window elevation to SE.
Interior
Entrance hall with fielded-panelled dado, moulded stop-chamfered ceiling beams; fielded panelled doors.
Front ground floor room to R has fine enriched plaster ceiling (early C18). Front ground floor room to L has exposed beams, fielded panelled walls, shutters and doors, and bolection moulded fireplace.
To rear of entrance hall, a very fine C17 wooden staircase with turned balusters and elaborately carved newels. Upstairs chimney pieces - early-to-mid C17 with 4-centred lintels, chamfers etc.
Reason for designation
Graded II* as important C17 and C18 town house retaining external character and some good internal features. Group Value.
Nearby in the register
- Office including rear wingDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Telephone Call Box opposite Brecknock MuseumCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.