Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
52 High Street Inferior
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
- 51.94725, -3.39089
- Cadw reference
- 6938
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
Opposite Town Hall.
History
C19 painted brick facade to a possibly earlier structure.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Painted brick front. Three storeys, 2 windows, with band at second floor level. Hipped slate roof. Window openings with plain reveals. Hornless sash windows; 9-pane glazing on top floor, 12-pane on first floor. Altered shop front on ground floor. Rear elevation to Church Lane; roughcast; horned sash windows to upper floors.
Reason for designation
Building retaining early C19 character in historic centre of Brecon. Group Value with adjacent buildings in High Street.
Nearby in the register
- 51 High Street InferiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 53 High Street InferiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- Ye Olde Cognac PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 49 High Street InferiorCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.