Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
St John's Mount & Mews Cottage
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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95225, -3.39439
- Cadw reference
- 6989
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
Set back from Pendre surrounded by houses built in its former garden.
History
St John’s Mount: early to mid C19 date. In December 1819, the land called "St John’s Mount" was conveyed to Thomas Lawrence Esq of Brecon and his lease was confirmed in 1832 for a period of 99 years; a building is shown on this site on 1834 Plan of Brecknock.
Exterior
Two storey villa with Gothic touches. Pebbledash. Slate hipped roof. Band at first floor sill level. Plinth. Casement windows with four-centred heads to top panes. NE entrance elevation of three bays. Centre bay advanced over open porch; cantilevered four-light bay window with corbelling on first floor and with buttresses descending to ground level. Under porch a 4-centred headed doorway to rear; doorway with shallow Gothic fanlight with tracery and door with Gothic panelling. Centre bay flanked to L by a 2-light casement window above and a three-light casement below; to R, a two-light casement above and a three-light casement below. SE elevation of three widely spaced window bays, each projecting forward; each first floor window of 2 lights with gable over; transomed two-light French casements on ground floor.
A cottage (Mews Cottage) of similar date adjoins the house at its northern end, the forecourts of house and cottage separated by a stone stub wall. Two storeys, rendered, slate roof. First floor has two 2-light casement windows set across eaves with gables. On ground floor, a 2-light and a 3-light casement window.
Entrance in single storey 2-window exposed stone wing at right angles.
Interior
Interior has fine interiors in Gothic taste. Gothic cornices, doors, shutters, arches, chimney pieces.
Reason for designation
An early C19 house retaining its character.
Nearby in the register
- No.5 St John's TerraceDomesticunder 1 mi
- No.6 St John's TerraceNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Community Centre, including Boundary and Retaining WallsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Dan-y-GlwydDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.