Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House, including Rear Wing with NW Elevation in Free Street
Brecon, Powys, Wales
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
- 51.94606, -3.38833
- Cadw reference
- 7113
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
On corner with Free Street.
History
Later C19.
Exterior
Three- and 2-storey stuccoed Victorian building. Slate roofs. Block on corner with Free Street is of 3 storeys. A separate steeply-pitched slate roof to the two bays to L in Free Street. Window openings with segmentally-headed moulded architraves; sash windows without glazing bars. Pilasters and entablature continue round both elevations of the ground floor, both to Free Street and to The Watton. Elevation to Watton of 5 windows; corner bay, and elevation to Free Street of 3 windows. On ground floor, corner doorway, and to both Watton and Free Street, C19 4-light shop windows with curved heads to lights. To Watton, a camber-headed window, and doorway; to Free Street, a camber-headed doorway, 2 camber-headed Windows, and pair of small windows.
A further two storey stuccoed wing at E end of Free Street elevation. Slate roof. Five segmentally-headed windows with stuccoed architraves on first floor; single pane glazing. On ground floor, two C19 shop fronts each consisting of a doorway to R, and to L, a shop windows of two-lights, all under continuous moulded stuccoed cornice with volutes at tops of pilasters which articulate the arrangement.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved C19 building with Group Value with adjacent listed buildings including Brecknock Museum.
Nearby in the register
- 35 The WattonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 34 The WattonCommercialunder 1 mi
- 33 The WattonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 32 The WattonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.