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
18110
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
21/01/1997
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Former Canal Weights & Measures Office at Canal Basin
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304678
Northing
228231
Street Side
N
Location
On N side of canal basin; to W of new bridge over canal, and opposite Theatre.
Description
Broad Class
Transport
Period
History
Formerly the weights and measures office at Brecon Canal Basin. The Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, built from 1793, reached Brecon in 1800, and the building may date from then, but is known to have been in existence by 1834.
Exterior
Two storey tower-like building in grey rubble, limewashed, with pyramidal slate roof; brick chimney to NE corner. Camber-headed windows (brick arches) to each side to first floor at differing levels. On ground floor, doorway to NW side. Restored small-pane sash windows.
Interior
Remains of fireplace on first floor.
Reason for designation
Believed to be only surviving building (apart from bridges) in Brecon from early period of Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal, and a rare example of weighing and measuring office.
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