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
6921
Building Number
27
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
National Westminster Bank
Address
27 High Street Superior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304445
Northing
228681
Street Side
W
Location
Immediately to L of market entrance.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
A bank since it was built, around 1840. The present site was acquired by the Brecon Branch of the National Provincial Bank Ltd in 1840. The stone ground floor dates from 1927. 1970s list description recorded alterations to cornice ongoing in 1973.
Exterior
Bank. Three storey, three-bay stuccoed facade with crowning cornice. Long and short end quoins. Nine-pane sash windows on second floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. On ground floor, early C20 bathstone bank front; doorway to L, and 2 large windows all with moulded architraves.
Interior
Reason for designation
Earlier C19 bank retaining its character with strong Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in the historic centre of Brecon.
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