Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
15 Lion Street
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
- 51.94818, -3.39122
- Cadw reference
- 6964
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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
Near NW end of Lion Street.
History
C19 facade to probably C17 core. C17 roof trusses, and concealed stop-chamfered beams.
Exterior
Shops with accommodation above. Stucco front to Lion Street of 2 storeys, 4 bays. Steeply-pitched slate roof; 3 catslide dormers with small-pane Brecon hopper windows. On first floor, 4-pane sash windows with horns; the two right hand windows are larger and set higher in the wall. Two modern shop fronts on ground floor.
Interior
Within, chamfered beams. Said to be attic of 5 bays with pegged roof trusses.
Reason for designation
Building with probably C17 core, with Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Lion Street.
Nearby in the register
- 14 Lion StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
- 20 High Street InferiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 19 High Street InferiorCommercialunder 1 mi
- 13 Lion StreetCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.