Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
12 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
- 51.94800, -3.39087
- Cadw reference
- 6960
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 YMCA.
History
Perhaps early C19, altered, but rear part has possible traces of a C17 or earlier, probably timber framed structure.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Three storeys, 4-window front to Lion Street with pebbledash, rusticated quoins and plinth. On second floor, four small modern windows (formerly hopper windows with glazing bars). On first floor, sash windows without glazing bars. On ground floor central modern shop window ; modern doors in outer bays. To rear, a double-gabled stucco elevation. Bargeboards with pendants; in each gable, on first floor, a window with architrave; on ground floor, also in architrave, a modern display window or doorway.
Reason for designation
Included for historic interest of its early origins and for Group Value with other listed buildings in Lion Street.
Nearby in the register
- 11a Lion StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 12a Lion StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 13 Lion StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- Church HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.