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Latitude: 51.9498 / 51°56'59"N
Longitude: -3.3909 / 3°23'27"W
OS Eastings: 304500
OS Northings: 228835
OS Grid: SO045288
Mapcode National: GBR YP.M7J4
Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.58P4
Plus Code: 9C3RWJX5+WJ
Entry Name: Hamilton House
Listing Date: 31 May 1961
Last Amended: 4 November 2005
Grade: II*
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7045
Building Class: Domestic
ID on this website: 300007045
Location: About half way along block, between Mount Street and King's Steps.
County: Powys
Town: Brecon
Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)
Community: Brecon
Built-Up Area: Brecon
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: House
Early to mid C19.
House. Three-storey, three window front; stucco with bands between floors, Ionic pilasters at ends of first floor, rusticated ground floor. Slate roof has wide eaves with paired brackets. Top floor has 2-light central window flanked by 3-light windows. First floor has tall 2-light window flanked by tall 3-light windows, all with bracketed cornices. On ground floor, central doorway with pilasters, fielded panelled reveals, fielded panelled door and rectangular fanlight with ornate tracery. To each side, splayed bay windows with 2 round-headed lights to front, and one to each side of splay; bracketed cornices over. To L, narrow doorway with door with round-headed panels.
The rear garden has contemporary brick gazebos.
Very fine Regency interior, cornices, doors, chimney pieces; first floor saloon with Bacchic frieze; semi-apsidal stair.
Graded II* as earlier C19 building retaining its character, and with very fine Regency interiors. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings.
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