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
7073
Building Number
100
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
The County House
Address
100 The Struet
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304471
Northing
228791
Street Side
W
Location
On W side of The Struet, almost opposite the junction with Mount Street.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Late C18 house.
Exterior
House. Three storey, three bay brick front with brick bands at second and first floor levels, modillion eaves cornice. Slate roof with flanking brick stacks. Windows in plain reveals. Square 6-pane sash windows on second floor. On first floor a tripartite sash window in each end bay and a single 12-pane sash window to centre. On ground floor, a Venetian sash window with small-pane glazing in each end bay and in centre a round-headed doorcase with pediment with dentil cornice on finely moulded consoles, frieze blocks with paterae, panelled reveals and six-panelled door with semi-circular fanlight with radiating tracery. Tall gabled rear wing; stucco.
Interior
Exceptionally fine interior. Lugged chimney pieces, dados, skirtings, heavy cornice. Fluted Corinthian column window casings to shutters. regency chimney pieces and cornices to first floor. Panelled doors. Fine staircase with scroll newel.
Reason for designation
Graded II* as a fine Georgian town house very well-preserved; also with fine interiors. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in The Struet.
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