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
7022
Building Number
8
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/01/1952
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
8 Ship Street
Address
8 Ship Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304387
Northing
228629
Street Side
N
Location
Downhill from Brecon Library, set forward from attached buildings to L.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Block facing Ship Street is probably late C18 or early C19 in date; rear wing to Bell lane possibly earlier.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Four window block facing ship street has 3 storeys and attic and is faced in stucco. Four window bays. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves; two semi-circular dormers with small-pane top-hung casements. On second and first floors, 12-pane sash windows in openings with slightly cambered heads. Ground floor has good C19 double shop front with central entrance with four three-quarter columns and continuous entablature. Right hand return to Bell Lane is roughcast; three-light shop window on ground floor. Possibly a wing of timber-framed structure of earlier date to rear, as in No.9.
Interior
Said to retain fielded panelled doors, chimney pieces etc.
Reason for designation
A late C18/early C19 building preserving historic character, and with evidence of early origins. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings on both sides of Ship Street.
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