Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7113
Building Number
36
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
House, including Rear Wing with NW Elevation in Free Street
Address
36 The Watton
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304672
Northing
228418
Street Side
N
Location
On corner with Free Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Later C19.
Exterior
Three- and 2-storey stuccoed Victorian building. Slate roofs. Block on corner with Free Street is of 3 storeys. A separate steeply-pitched slate roof to the two bays to L in Free Street. Window openings with segmentally-headed moulded architraves; sash windows without glazing bars. Pilasters and entablature continue round both elevations of the ground floor, both to Free Street and to The Watton. Elevation to Watton of 5 windows; corner bay, and elevation to Free Street of 3 windows. On ground floor, corner doorway, and to both Watton and Free Street, C19 4-light shop windows with curved heads to lights. To Watton, a camber-headed window, and doorway; to Free Street, a camber-headed doorway, 2 camber-headed Windows, and pair of small windows.
A further two storey stuccoed wing at E end of Free Street elevation. Slate roof. Five segmentally-headed windows with stuccoed architraves on first floor; single pane glazing. On ground floor, two C19 shop fronts each consisting of a doorway to R, and to L, a shop windows of two-lights, all under continuous moulded stuccoed cornice with volutes at tops of pilasters which articulate the arrangement.
Interior
Reason for designation
Well-preserved C19 building with Group Value with adjacent listed buildings including Brecknock Museum.
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