Ye Olde Cognac PH, Brecon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9473 / 51°56'50"N

Longitude: -3.391 / 3°23'27"W

OS Eastings: 304490

OS Northings: 228562

OS Grid: SO044285

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MFHX

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.5BN0

Plus Code: 9C3RWJW5+WH

Entry Name: Ye Olde Cognac PH

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6937

Building Class: Commercial

Also known as: Ye Olde Cognac
Ye Olde Cognac, Brecon

ID on this website: 300006937

Location: Opposite Town Hall

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Pub

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History

Early C19 re-front to a late C16 to C17 structure, probably a three-quarter house originally.

Exterior

Public house. Stuccoed front to High Street Inferior of three storeys, two windows; hipped slate roof. Sash glazing with smaller 6-pane sashes on second floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. Late C19 public house front of two windows each of two round-headed lights flanking a central round-headed doorway with blocked tympanum. Roughcast and gabled rear elevation to Church Lane with a 9-pane sash window on both second floors, and on first floor, a 12-pane sash with 9-pane sash offset to L; two Brecon Hopper windows on ground floor.

Interior

Cased ceiling beams on first and second floors. Early C19 semi-elliptical staircase, with stick balusters (probably adaptation of old newel stair). Panelled doors; some on second floor with fielded panels.

Reasons for Listing

Building with early C19 character with Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in High Street.

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Ye Olde Cognac PH

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys