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
6929
Building Number
39
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/05/1961
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
39 High Street Inferior
Address
39 High Street Inferior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304457
Northing
228608
Street Side
Location
On island site in the High Street, with fronts to W and E.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Circa 1890; doorway dated 1891.
Exterior
Three storeys and attic. Ornately stuccoed fronts with mannerist touches to both E and W. West front with two pedimented dormers. Stuccoed panelling at eaves above second floor windows. Moulded stringcourses. First floor rusticated. Sash windows with horns; two windows with stuccoed architraves on both second and first floors, first floor windows with aprons. Oval lunette to R on second floor. Ground floor with panelled pilasters and cornice; wide segmental headed window to L; in middle, round-headed doorway with date '1891' above it and to right-hand a small round-headed window. Facing E, a similar elevation; first and second floors as W elevation, but without lunette. On ground floor, panelled pilasters and cornice articulate composition of 3 camber-headed windows, ant to R, a square-headed doorway with oval overlight.
Interior
Reason for designation
Elaborately detailed late C19 building with strong Group Value with adjacent listed buildings.
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