Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
28 High Street Superior
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94830, -3.39194
- Cadw reference
- 6922
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
Cadw's description
Location
On corner with Bell Lane.
History
The front block may have C18 origins.
Exterior
Two-storey building. Slate roof. Stuccoed front to the High Street with three window openings on first floor, centre one blocked and two end ones each with 16-pane sash glazing. On ground floor, modern shopfront. The ground floor front and rear walls have been removed and replaced by a modern shop which continues behind the beyond the old building. Rear first floor wall and windows remain.
Interior
Some wide floorboards at first floor level.
Reason for designation
Included for Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in the historic centre of the town.
Nearby in the register
- National Westminster BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- 30 High Street SuperiorNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Punch Bowl Public HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Former outbuilding to rear of the Punchbowl InnDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.