Morgannwg House, including Forecourt Wall and Railings, Brecon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9464 / 51°56'46"N

Longitude: -3.391 / 3°23'27"W

OS Eastings: 304490

OS Northings: 228454

OS Grid: SO044284

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MFJ8

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.5BPR

Plus Code: 9C3RWJW5+GJ

Entry Name: Morgannwg House, including Forecourt Wall and Railings

Listing Date: 16 January 1952

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 85751

ID on this website: 300085751

Location: On S side of street, to E of Havard House (Ursuline Convent)

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Early-to-mid C19 house. In C20 used as part of St David's Convent School; at time of inspection, a nursing home.

Exterior

Tall house; stucco; hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves; rectangular brick chimney. Front to Glamorgan Street of 3 storeys and basement, 5 bays. Bands, and pilasters with incised decoration. Slightly advanced central bay with gable and decorative bargeboards and inset semi-circular window. Four-pane sash windows to top floor, 12-pane sashes elsewhere set in moulded architraves, those on ground floor with bracketed cornices. Steps up to central porch with open arches to front and sides. Round-headed doorway with 6-panelled doorway with 6-panelled door and panelled reveals. Five-window rear elevation; modern extension at right angles.
Forecourt enclosed by wall and railings; low stone wall with ashlar coping. Railings have uprights with spiked finials; panelled standards.

Interior

Symmetrical ground floor plan. Good contemporary staircase with slender turned balusters. Ground floor ceilings with plaster roses and cornices. Period fireplaces.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* as a well-preserved early-to-mid C19 house with some good interiors and Group Value with the other listed C18, C19 and earlier town houses which make up this important group of buildings in the historic centre of Brecon.

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Other nearby listed buildings

II* Havard House, including Forecourt Wall, Railings and Gate; and Former Stable Blocks to East and West
Between Buckingham Place and Morgannwg House.
II NOS.3 & 4 Glamorgan Street, Powys
Opposite lane which leads to St Mary Street.
II Gateway in Wall opposite Havard House
Opposite Havard House, in wall forming N side of Glamorgan Street.
II The Old Museum
Opposite Morgannwg House.
II Former Garden Wall to Nos.3 & 4 Glamorgan Street (now Wall to Car Park)
Forming boundary of car park and Captain's Walk.
II 4, Glamorgan Street
Opposite lane which leads to St Mary Street.
II 4 St Mary Street
To S of tower of St Mary's Church.
II Garden Wall to rear of No 5
To rear of No 5 Glamorgan Street; best seen from Captain's Walk.

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Morgannwg House, including Forecourt Wall and Railings

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brecon, Powys