Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
5 St Mary Street
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II* listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 January 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II*
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 January 1952
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94676, -3.39063
- Cadw reference
- 7019
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
Immediately to S of St Mary's Church, on corner with lane to Glamorgan Street.
History
Late C18; thought to have been built by William Wynter (1765-1805) as his town house. The design approximates very closely to a widespread English design (see references). Used circa 1830 as first Independent Congregational College.
Exterior
Former house, now club. Rendered; roughcast front to St Mary Street front of 4 storeys, 5 windows; but ground floor rendered. Slate hipped roof with red tile ridges. Modillion eaves cornice. Band at first floor level. Small-pane sash windows in moulded architraves; Venetian window in central bay on first floor. In central bay on ground floor, a good moulded wooden doorcase with pediment, Doric pilasters, cornice and fanlight with tracery, flanked to each side by a Venetian window with interlaced arched glazing bars.
Interior
Converted to club use with suspended ceilings etc; said to retain contemporary mouldings and cornices etc. To rear of bar, extremely good late C18 wooden stair, turned balusters, panelled dado.
Reason for designation
Graded II* as fine C18 town house retaining much of its character. Group value.
Nearby in the register
- 4 St Mary StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- The Old MuseumReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Barclay's BankCommercialunder 1 mi
- Pair of Telephone Call-boxes outside former yard of Old Post OfficeCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.