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
6906
Building Number
3  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/01/1952  
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005  
Name of Property
3 High Street Inferior  
Address
3 High Street Inferior  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304533  
Northing
228561  
Street Side
NE  
Location
Attached to HSBC which is on corner with Tredegar Street. Marked on OS Map as 3A and 3B.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
Former house of circa 1700.  

Exterior
 

Interior
Nos.3 & 4 believed to retain upper part of good stair of circa 1700 with turned balusters.  

Reason for designation
Early C18 former 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.  

Group Description
Nos 3 & 4 High Street Inferior Shop with accommodation over. Two storeys plus attic. Stuccoed front. Deep slate hipped roof with projecting eaves with boarded soffit and with extension (L) to large brick chimney stack. Three hipped dormers with slate roofs and casement glazing. On first floor, five 12-pane hornless sash windows in moulded architraves. On ground floor, a C20 shopfront in classsical style; 5 bays with central doorway, and 2 display windows to each side, articulated by half columns supporting fascia board and cornice. Rear elevation with two hipped dormers and with three sash windows with glazing bars on first floor.  

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