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The George Hotel

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9487 / 51°56'55"N

Longitude: -3.391 / 3°23'27"W

OS Eastings: 304494

OS Northings: 228716

OS Grid: SO044287

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MFHF

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.58PY

Plus Code: 9C3RWJX5+FJ

Entry Name: The George Hotel

Listing Date: 16 January 1952

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6889

Building Class: Commercial

ID on this website: 300006889

Location: Opposite Struet entrance to George Street.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Formerly a house. Late C17 or early C18.

Exterior

Hotel. Rendered two-storey, six-window front. Slate roof; end chimney stacks in stone. Window openings with moulded architraves. Sash windows, hornless, with 12 panes on first floor, without glazing bars on ground floor. Band between floors. On ground floor, five windows and, in a bay near centre, moulded wooden doorcase with fanlight and flat hood on consoles. Large parallel block to rear with lean-to to R; parallel block connected to main part of hotel.

Interior

Formerly ground floor had two unequally sized front rooms, but R front and rear rooms now one. Right hand room has C18 modillion cornice to front, and to rear, moulded cornice, and beam with panelled soffit. Room to L front has exposed beams, and stone fireplaces. Behind this room, very fine early C18 wooden staircase which rises to top of building; turned balusters, moulded handrail.

Reasons for Listing

Well-preserved early C18 building. Group value with adjacent listed buildings.

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