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
7021
Building Number
11  
Grade
II  
Status
Designated  
Date of Designation
16/12/1976  
Date of Amendment
30/05/2024  
Name of Property
Presbytery to the Catholic Church of St Michael, including boundary wall  
Address
11 St Michael Street  

Location


Unitary Authority
Powys  
Community
Brecon  
Town
Brecon  
Locality
 
Easting
304388  
Northing
228539  
Street Side
N  
Location
Attached to rear of St Michael's Church.  

Description


Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary  
Period
 

History
1851 by Charles Hansom but with C20 alterations.  

Exterior
Presbytery. Stone walls. Slate roofs. To the NW, a gabled wing projects forward at right-angles to the church; the gable itself is slate-hung and lit by a casement window; on ground floor a modern window. Blank NW return wall of this wing. A further narrower wing to the L at right angles on a NW to SE axis; slate hung upper floor, modern glazing. Enclosed by a high boundary wall of stone rubble with hues of purple and grey with ashlar coping; a flight of steps leads up through this to a two-centred headed doorway in the wing of the Presbytery adjoining the Chancel.  

Interior
Not inspected.  

Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a well preserved Presbytery designed by a leading architect. Group Value with Church of St Michael, and for contribution of its wall to the streetscape.  

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