Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
9 Lion Street
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 31 May 1961.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 31 May 1961
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94772, -3.39048
- Cadw reference
- 6956
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
Attached to L of former No.8 whose archway leads to Bethel Square.
History
C18 probably, and formerly part of the Golden Lion Inn. Former Great Room of Inn in rear wing used in circa late C18 for theatrical performances by touring companies, and became the Sunday School Room of the Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.
Exterior
Three-storey building. Cement render with coved eaves cornice and roofline continuous with No 8 to its R. Giant pilasters; first floor moulded band; rusticated ground floor; plinth. Second floor has a modern casement window in each end bay. First floor has, to L, a window consisting of a pair of 12-pane horned sashes, and to R, two 12-pane horned sashes. On ground floor, central doorway with pilasters and triangular pediment; to each side, a tripartite sash window without glazing bars.
Reason for designation
Late C18 building retaining its overall character, and part of the Golden Lion Inn which formerly occupied this part of Lion Street. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Lion Street.
Nearby in the register
- No.1 Bethel SquareDomesticunder 1 mi
- 10 Lion StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Church HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 20 Bethel SquareNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.