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
6955
Building Number
 
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/05/1961  
Date of Amendment
 
Name of Property
No.1 Bethel Square  
Address
 

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304536  
Northing
228598  
Street Side
NE  
Location
At entrance to Bethel Square.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
C18 in origin and formerly part of the Golden Lion Inn. Altered during Bethel Square redevelopment in 1990s. Formerly with, on ground floor, paired sash to left-hand bay, and in right-hand bay, a 6-panelled house door with fanlight of 3 panes. The archway was formerly lower and elliptically-headed.  

Exterior
Former house, now shop with accommodation above. Three storeys. Two bays. Slate roof. Elevation to Lion Street faced in cement rendering with coved eaves cornice; rusticated ground floor with moulded band above; pilaster to R. Small-pane horned sash windows. Two windows to top floor. Single window with paired sashes on first floor. Modern shop window on ground floor to L; to R, archway to Bethel Square with stepped keystone and quoins to jambs. Modern shop window to passageway.  

Interior
Retains good semi-elliptical early C19 staircase.  

Reason for designation
Important entry building to Bethel Square with early origins. Group Value with other listed buildings in Lion Street.  

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