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
7148
Building Number
11
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
30/05/2024
Name of Property
Front Wing of St Michael's Hall
Address
11 Wheat Street
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304414
Northing
228535
Street Side
W
Location
Immediately to right of St Michael's Church.
Description
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Period
History
Early C19. Probably constructed as a townhouse and later converted 1919 as the Electrotheatre Cinema with seating for 400. Cinema use finished 1925. Later converted to use as a parish hall.
Exterior
Stuccoed facade to Wheat Street of 2 storeys, 3 windows. Slate roof. On first floor, three sash windows with marginal glazing bars and horns. Two tripartite sash windows on ground floor each flanking central doorway with fluted pilasters and cornice on console brackets; rectangular fanlight; four-panelled door. Return wall of stone.
Interior
Ffasâd gwaith stwco i 2 lawr Stryd Wheat, 3 ffenestr. To llechi. Ar y llawr cyntaf, tair ffenestr-godi gyda bariau gwydro ymylol a chyrn. Dwy ffenestr-godi deiran ar y llawr gwaelod, y ddwy yn ystlysu drws canolog gyda philastrau rhychiog a chornis ar fracedi consol; ffenestr linter hirsgwar; drws bedwar-panel. Y wal wrthdro o gerrig.
Reason for designation
Included for its special architectural interest as a well preserved early C19 townhouse, later converted. Group value with St Michael's Church and adjacent listed buildings.
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