Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
34 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
- 51.94778, -3.39172
- Cadw reference
- 6926
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
To N of junction with Ship Street. Marked erroneously on OS map as No 33.
History
Probably early C19 front added to older core. Described at time of original listing as having " Windows with moulded architraves; smaller windows on second floor; sash windows 3 panes wide on first floor"; now altered.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Three storey, 2 window front. Roughcast. Slate roof. Modern small-pane top-hung casement windows in plain openings. On ground floor C19 shop front with window of 3 curved headed lights, with pair of double doors with ornate hinges at right-hand end, all within a common casing of pilasters, fascia, cornice and ornate brackets.
Reason for designation
Included for Group Value with adjacent buildings in the High Street.
Nearby in the register
- 33 High Street SuperiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 35 High Street SuperiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 32 High Street SuperiorDomesticunder 1 mi
- 39 High Street InferiorDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.