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
6909
Building Number
7
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
7 High Street Inferior
Address
7 High Street Inferior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304510
Northing
228578
Street Side
NE
Location
Attached to Town Hall on R. Shown on the OS map as No 10 but known to the local authority and to the occupier as No 7.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Early C19 exterior to stone building with late C16 to C17 core.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Cement-rendered 3-window front to High Street with mid to later C19 details; pyramidal slate roof; modillion eaves cornice. Window openings with moulded architraves; 12-pane sash windows to first and second floors. On ground floor, to R, wider sash window with marginal glazing bars; set in architrave. To L, late C19 or early C20 shopfront; doorway to R, end pilasters, fascia board with cornice over; later C20 tiled stallriser.
Interior
Old timber construction to ceiling; old stair in upper parts. Room to R of shop with early C19 cornice and panelled door.
Reason for designation
Building of early origins retaining good late Georgian character. Strong Group Value with adjacent listed buildings.
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