Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
23a Castle Street
Brecon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94861, -3.39200
- Cadw reference
- 85649
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 junction with High Street, backing onto market. The OS map indicates two sets of buildings numbered 2 to 4 Market Street.
History
Circa 1840; at the time of the building of the Market House, Lord Tredegar gave £200 towards the widening of Castle Street. At time of listing in 1976, the buildings bore the numbers 2,3, and 4 which probably referred to a block or terrace whose name had been lost, since there are other buildings with the same numbers opposite.
Exterior
Number 23a has windows with slightly cambered heads; four small 2-light casements on second floor and four 12-pane sash windows on first floor. On ground floor, early C20 shopfront with doorways paired to centre within casing of pilasters, fascia and cornice.
Reason for designation
A group of earlier C19 houses retaining their character with Group Value with adjacent buildings in Castle Street.
Nearby in the register
- 22 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Castle StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 5 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 23 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.