Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
11 Ship 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
- 51.94765, -3.39283
- Cadw reference
- 7025
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
On corner with St Michael Street.
History
Early to mid C19 exterior. The small-pane sash glazing has been reinstated since listing in 1976, when the building had casement glazing.
Exterior
Shops with accommodation over. Stuccoed front to Ship Street of three storeys, four bays. Slate roof; slim rectangular stack to R. On second floor. 9-pane horned sash windows. On first floor, 12-pane sash windows. On the ground floor, to R, a shop front, with recessed central doorwatwith double-leaf door (half-glazed) with overlights; canted display windows with colonettes; fascia board over. To L, a further shop window with modern door to R. Rear wings contain traces of an earlier construction but have been altered externally.
Reason for designation
Early to mid-C19 building retaining character with strong group value with adjacent listed buildings in Ship Street.
Nearby in the register
- Boleyn House and Flats round Rear Courtyard and Stone Flagged PavementDomesticunder 1 mi
- Boar's Head PHCommercialunder 1 mi
- 14 Ship StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 WatergateCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.