Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
6930
Building Number
40
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
31/05/1961
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
NO.40 HIGH STREET INFERIOR (ISLAND SITE),,,,,POWYS,
Address
40 High Street Inferior
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304461
Northing
228624
Street Side
W
Location
Part of the island block in High Street. Entrance front faces north. Shown as No 36 on OS map but known to council and to the occupiers as No 40.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late C18 or early C19.
Exterior
Three-storey shop with accommodation above. Painted brick with band between first and second floors. Main elevation to north of two windows with hipped slate roof and modillion eaves. Nine-pane sash windows on second floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. Very fine Victorian shop front with central bowed and half-glazed double doors flanked each side by a bowed window of two three-centred headed lights; casing of pilasters, fascia and modillion cornice. East return with single small-pane sash window to each floor, set towards rear. West return with single small-pane sash window to first and second floors, set towards rear, and small doorway below; to L, round-headed doorway with pedimented doorcase.
Interior
Reason for designation
Building retaining its early C19 character with fine Victorian shopfront. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in the High Street.
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