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
7045
Building Number
13  
Grade
II*  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/05/1961  
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005  
Name of Property
Hamilton House  
Address
13 The Struet  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304500  
Northing
228835  
Street Side
E  
Location
About half way along block, between Mount Street and King's Steps.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Early to mid C19.  

Exterior
House. Three-storey, three window front; stucco with bands between floors, Ionic pilasters at ends of first floor, rusticated ground floor. Slate roof has wide eaves with paired brackets. Top floor has 2-light central window flanked by 3-light windows. First floor has tall 2-light window flanked by tall 3-light windows, all with bracketed cornices. On ground floor, central doorway with pilasters, fielded panelled reveals, fielded panelled door and rectangular fanlight with ornate tracery. To each side, splayed bay windows with 2 round-headed lights to front, and one to each side of splay; bracketed cornices over. To L, narrow doorway with door with round-headed panels. The rear garden has contemporary brick gazebos.  

Interior
Very fine Regency interior, cornices, doors, chimney pieces; first floor saloon with Bacchic frieze; semi-apsidal stair.  

Reason for designation
Graded II* as earlier C19 building retaining its character, and with very fine Regency interiors. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings.  

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