Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
40 High Street Inferior
Brecon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 31 May 1961
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94788, -3.39146
- Cadw reference
- 6930
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
Part of the island block in High Street. Entrance front faces north. Shown as No 36 on OS map but known to council and to the occupiers as No 40.
History
Late C18 or early C19.
Exterior
Three-storey shop with accommodation above. Painted brick with band between first and second floors. Main elevation to north of two windows with hipped slate roof and modillion eaves. Nine-pane sash windows on second floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. Very fine Victorian shop front with central bowed and half-glazed double doors flanked each side by a bowed window of two three-centred headed lights; casing of pilasters, fascia and modillion cornice. East return with single small-pane sash window to each floor, set towards rear. West return with single small-pane sash window to first and second floors, set towards rear, and small doorway below; to L, round-headed doorway with pedimented doorcase.
Reason for designation
Building retaining its early C19 character with fine Victorian shopfront. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in the High Street.
Nearby in the register
- 32 High Street SuperiorDomesticunder 1 mi
- 17 High Street InferiorNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 39 High Street InferiorDomesticunder 1 mi
- 16 High Street InferiorNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.