Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
7033
Building Number
20
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
14/08/1964
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
20 Ship Street
Address
20 Ship Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304428
Northing
228587
Street Side
S
Location
The gabled facade occupies an important position at the top of the steep hill in Ship Street
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Ovolo mouldings suggest early-to-mid C17 date; restored about 1970.
Exterior
Three-storey timber-framed building with overhangs jettied out on each upper floor. facing road, a large timber-framed gable, close-studded with carved wood bargeboard and finial; window strip of seven lights (arranged 2-3-2) with two mullions. First floor is rendered with brackets to overhang above, and with two 12-pane sash windows wide with wooden architraves. Modern shop front on ground floor.
Interior
Some beams visible on ground floor ceiling.
Reason for designation
Graded II* as important large-scale timber-framed building, a survivor from Brecon's timber-framed period. Group value with adjacent listed buildings on both sides of Ship Street.
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