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8 Ship Street

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9479 / 51°56'52"N

Longitude: -3.3925 / 3°23'33"W

OS Eastings: 304387

OS Northings: 228629

OS Grid: SO043286

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MF3N

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.49VK

Plus Code: 9C3RWJX4+5X

Entry Name: 8 Ship Street

Listing Date: 16 January 1952

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7022

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300007022

Location: Downhill from Brecon Library, set forward from attached buildings to L.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Block facing Ship Street is probably late C18 or early C19 in date; rear wing to Bell lane possibly earlier.

Exterior

Shop with accommodation above. Four window block facing ship street has 3 storeys and attic and is faced in stucco. Four window bays. Hipped slate roof with deep eaves; two semi-circular dormers with small-pane top-hung casements. On second and first floors, 12-pane sash windows in openings with slightly cambered heads. Ground floor has good C19 double shop front with central entrance with four three-quarter columns and continuous entablature. Right hand return to Bell Lane is roughcast; three-light shop window on ground floor. Possibly a wing of timber-framed structure of earlier date to rear, as in No.9.

Interior

Said to retain fielded panelled doors, chimney pieces etc.

Reasons for Listing

A late C18/early C19 building preserving historic character, and with evidence of early origins. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings on both sides of Ship Street.

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