Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
House to rear of 1 Wheat 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
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94702, -3.39173
- Cadw reference
- 85753
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
Attached to rear of Ruperra House, 1 Wheat Street
History
Formerly part of Ruperra House; early C19 external character, but C18 or earlier origins.
Exterior
House. Two storeys and attic. Two window front. Stucco with slate roof. Gabled dormer window. Two 12-pane sash windows with moulded stuccoed architraves on first floor. On ground floor, a pair of 12-pane sashes, and a doorway with architrave, cornice on consoles and four-panelled door with rectangular fanlight.
Reason for designation
Building with C17 or C18 origins and good late Georgian external character. Group Value with Ruperra House (Wheat Street) and other buildings in St Mary Street.
Nearby in the register
- Ruperra House, including pavement cobbles to front.Domesticunder 1 mi
- Building occupied by SpectrumCommercialunder 1 mi
- Former Rear Wing of No 2 Wheat StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 2 Wheat StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.