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
86841
Building Number
20
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
10/11/2005
Date of Amendment
10/11/2005
Name of Property
20 Brecon Road
Address
20 Brecon Road
Location
Unitary Authority
Monmouthshire
Community
Abergavenny
Town
Abergavenny
Locality
Abergavenny
Easting
329493
Northing
214513
Street Side
S
Location
A row of shops about 200m west of the junction with Merthyr Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid to late C19 terrace of shops with houses over. There has been very little external alteration.
Exterior
Belongs to a group of:
Nos. 20-24 (even) Brecon Road
Squared rock-faced sandstone with yellow brick and stucco dressings, natural slate roof. Double depth plan with entries on the left. Three storeys, external evidence suggests that No. 20 remains a single bay shop with house over, while Nos. 22 and 24 are now joined as one premises with a double fronted house over, but this is probably an alteration from the original. The three shopfronts are different, but very much in character. No. 20 has the door to the left and a 3-light display window with slim timber mullions, pilasters with bracketed and gabled caps, recessed house entry to right. No. 22 has a recessed central entry with flanking single light display windows, the pilaster caps are no longer gabled. No. 24 has an off-centre door with two lights on the left and one on the right, the gabled caps survive. Between these two shops is a recessed 4-panel house door. The first and second floors have brick quoins and a band between floors. Each house has a canted 2-storey bay with triple 2 over 2 pane sashes with colonettes between, the second floor ones are shorter and have arched heads. The bays have stucco decoration and brick quoins and the upper part projects above the eaves line. On the first floor, above the house doors are plain 2 over 2 pane sashes with brick dressings. Cogged brick eaves, plain roof with stacks on the rear wall only, so some have gone.
Rear elevation not inspected.
Interior
Interior not inspected at resurvey except for plain shop.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a very well preserved terrace of late C19 shops with definite character.
Group Description
Nos. 22-26 (even) Brecon Road
Squared rock-faced sandstone with yellow brick and stucco dressings, natural slate roof. Double depth plan with entries on the left. Three storeys, external evidence suggests that No. 22 remains a single bay shop with house over, while Nos. 24 and 26 are now joined as one premises with a double fronted house over, but this is probably an alteration from the original. The three shopfronts are different, but very much in character. No. 22 has the door to the left and a 3-light display window with slim timber mullions, pilasters with bracketted and gabled caps, recessed house entry to right. No. 24 has a recessed central entry with flanking single light display windows, the pilaster caps are no longer gabled. No. 26 has an off-centre door with two lights on the left and one on the right, the gabled caps survive. Between these two shops is a recessed 4-panel house door. The first and second floors have brick quoins and a band between floors. Each house has a canted 2-storey bay with triple 2 over 2 pane sashes with colonettes between, the second floor ones are shorter and have arched heads. The bays have stucco decoration and brick quoins and the upper part projects above the eaves line. On the first floor, above the house doors are plain 2 over 2 pane sashes with brick dressings. Cogged brick eaves, plain roof with stacks on the rear wall only, so some have gone.
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