13 Castle Street

Brecon, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 13 Castle Street, Brecon, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: Domestic
Date of designation: 16 December 1976
Town: Brecon
Community: Brecon
Unitary authority: Powys
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.94895, -3.39242
Cadw reference: 6855

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Cadw's description

Location

Now at W end of Castle Street, next to new relief road.

History

Early C19 or before. Shown on Plan of Brecknock of 1834.

Exterior

Early to mid C19 street front of 3 storeys, 2 windows; scribed stucco. Slate roof; plinth. Windows with plain reveals. Brecon hopper windows each three panes wide with heads at eaves level on second floor. On first floor, two 12-pane sash windows without horns. To L on ground floor, a large horned sash window with architrave with cornice; to R in similar architrave, a panelled door with top two panels glazed.

Reason for designation

Early C19 building retaining its character. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Castle Street.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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