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The County House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9494 / 51°56'57"N

Longitude: -3.3913 / 3°23'28"W

OS Eastings: 304471

OS Northings: 228791

OS Grid: SO044287

Mapcode National: GBR YP.M7G3

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.58HF

Plus Code: 9C3RWJX5+QF

Entry Name: The County House

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7073

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300007073

Location: On W side of The Struet, almost opposite the junction with Mount Street.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Late C18 house.

Exterior

House. Three storey, three bay brick front with brick bands at second and first floor levels, modillion eaves cornice. Slate roof with flanking brick stacks. Windows in plain reveals. Square 6-pane sash windows on second floor. On first floor a tripartite sash window in each end bay and a single 12-pane sash window to centre. On ground floor, a Venetian sash window with small-pane glazing in each end bay and in centre a round-headed doorcase with pediment with dentil cornice on finely moulded consoles, frieze blocks with paterae, panelled reveals and six-panelled door with semi-circular fanlight with radiating tracery. Tall gabled rear wing; stucco.

Interior

Exceptionally fine interior. Lugged chimney pieces, dados, skirtings, heavy cornice. Fluted Corinthian column window casings to shutters. regency chimney pieces and cornices to first floor. Panelled doors. Fine staircase with scroll newel.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* as a fine Georgian town house very well-preserved; also with fine interiors. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in The Struet.

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