Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
16 The Struet
Brecon, Powys, Wales
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
- 51.94997, -3.39084
- Cadw reference
- 7047
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Near the centre of the block between Mount Street and King Street.
History
Late C18 or early C19 house.
Exterior
House. Three storeys, three window front; stucco; plinth. Slate roof. On top floor, small-pane casement windows imitating 9-pane sashes. On first floor, three 12-pane sash windows. On ground floor, central doorway with pilasters, open pediment, fanlight with tracery and 6-panelled door with top two panels glazed. To each side, a tripartite sash window with small-pane glazing.
Interior
Retains a good staircase of late C18 or early C19 date with stick balusters and turned newels; scroll decoration to string. House retains also many period doorcases and doors; some period fireplaces.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved Georgian house. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in The Struet.
Nearby in the register
- 15 The StruetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 17 The StruetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 14 The StruetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 91 The StruetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.