History

St John’s Mount: early to mid C19 date. In December 1819, the land called "St John’s Mount" was conveyed to Thomas Lawrence Esq of Brecon and his lease was confirmed in 1832 for a period of 99 years; a building is shown on this site on 1834 Plan of Brecknock.

Exterior

Two storey villa with Gothic touches. Pebbledash. Slate hipped roof. Band at first floor sill level. Plinth. Casement windows with four-centred heads to top panes. NE entrance elevation of three bays. Centre bay advanced over open porch; cantilevered four-light bay window with corbelling on first floor and with buttresses descending to ground level. Under porch a 4-centred headed doorway to rear; doorway with shallow Gothic fanlight with tracery and door with Gothic panelling. Centre bay flanked to L by a 2-light casement window above and a three-light casement below; to R, a two-light casement above and a three-light casement below. SE elevation of three widely spaced window bays, each projecting forward; each first floor window of 2 lights with gable over; transomed two-light French casements on ground floor.

A cottage (Mews Cottage) of similar date adjoins the house at its northern end, the forecourts of house and cottage separated by a stone stub wall. Two storeys, rendered, slate roof. First floor has two 2-light casement windows set across eaves with gables. On ground floor, a 2-light and a 3-light casement window.
Entrance in single storey 2-window exposed stone wing at right angles.

Interior

Interior has fine interiors in Gothic taste. Gothic cornices, doors, shutters, arches, chimney pieces.

Reasons for Listing

An early C19 house retaining its character.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29486046

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)