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Huntingdon House

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9502 / 51°57'0"N

Longitude: -3.3906 / 3°23'26"W

OS Eastings: 304522

OS Northings: 228882

OS Grid: SO045288

Mapcode National: GBR YP.M7L5

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.57VT

Plus Code: 9C3RXJ25+3P

Entry Name: Huntingdon House

Listing Date: 31 May 1961

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7050

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300007050

Location: At foot of King Street.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Late C19 exterior; incorporates the fabric of former Calvinistic Methodist Chapel which existed here until circa 1850; see watercolour of the Struet by J M Ince, dated 1850 and in National Library of Wales.

Exterior

Gabled front of 2 storeys and attic, four bays. Rendered walls. Slate roof with fancy bargeboard and finials. One window in attic storey and four on both second and first floors. Horned sash windows without glazing bars with architraves with shaped edges and keystones. Pilasters at ends of elevation. On ground floor, double shop front comprising two shop windows and two doorways within casing of pilasters and continous cornice on consoles. Exposed stone elevation to King Street.

Reasons for Listing

Well-preserved period front of unusual design. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Struet.

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