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
6905
Building Number
2
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/01/1952
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
2 High Street Inferior
Address
2 High Street Inferior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304544
Northing
228558
Street Side
NE
Location
Opposite St Mary's Church.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Two-storey house with attics of circa 1700.
Exterior
Former house, now shops with accommodation over. Two storeys plus attics. Stucco front. Steeply-pitched slate roof; rendered stone stack at NW end. Two small box dormers with 16-pane sash windows. Modillion eaves cornice. On first floor, four 12-pane hornless sash windows with moulded architraves. Two C20 shop windows and doorways on ground floor. To L, a double-fronted shopfront. To R, shopfront with doorway aligned with window in third bay above, and display window to R articulated by pilasters supporting fascia board and cornice. Lower gabled rear wing of stone.
Interior
Upper floor retains upper part of good stair of circa 1700 with turned balusters, panelled doors, dados etc.
Reason for designation
Early C18 town house retaining much historic character on important site opposite St Mary's Church. Group Value with the church, other listed buildings in High Street Inferior, and also with buildings in Lion Street to rear.
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