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
6956
Building Number
9  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
31/05/1961  
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005  
Name of Property
9 Lion Street  
Address
9 Lion Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304528  
Northing
228605  
Street Side
NE  
Location
Attached to L of former No.8 whose archway leads to Bethel Square.  

Description


Broad Class
Domestic  
Period
 

History
C18 probably, and formerly part of the Golden Lion Inn. Former Great Room of Inn in rear wing used in circa late C18 for theatrical performances by touring companies, and became the Sunday School Room of the Bethel Calvinistic Methodist Chapel.  

Exterior
Three-storey building. Cement render with coved eaves cornice and roofline continuous with No 8 to its R. Giant pilasters; first floor moulded band; rusticated ground floor; plinth. Second floor has a modern casement window in each end bay. First floor has, to L, a window consisting of a pair of 12-pane horned sashes, and to R, two 12-pane horned sashes. On ground floor, central doorway with pilasters and triangular pediment; to each side, a tripartite sash window without glazing bars.  

Interior
 

Reason for designation
Late C18 building retaining its overall character, and part of the Golden Lion Inn which formerly occupied this part of Lion Street. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Lion Street.  

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