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
6934
Building Number
47
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/01/1952
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
Sarah Siddons PH
Address
47 High Street Inferior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304476
Northing
228572
Street Side
S
Location
Close to centre of block on S side of High Street. Set slightly forward from buildings to L
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
C19 re-fronting of a late C16 to C17 town house. Originally a "three-quarter house " with timber-framed front, and side and rear walls of stone. Formerly known as the Shoulder of Mutton Inn. Birthplace of the great actress Sarah Siddons, 5 July 1755; a watercolour in the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, shows the room where she was born. One of Britain's greatest tragic actresses, Siddons was painted by both Reynolds (as "The Tragic Muse") and Gainsborough. She died in 1831.
Exterior
Three storey, one window stucco front with band between first and second floors. Hipped slate roof. Bracketed eaves. Three-light sash windows on first and second floors with glazing bars to first floor window only. On ground floor, late C19 inn front with window of three round-headed lights with round-headed doorway at left-hand end; pilasters and entablature. Rear elevation to Church Lane has half-hipped roof and tripartite sash window on 3 floors above modern public-house front.
Interior
Early C19 adaptation of newel stair against SE wall.
Reason for designation
Public house with well-preserved historic character, and additional historic interest from association with Sarah Siddons. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in High Street.
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