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The Old Post Office

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9469 / 51°56'48"N

Longitude: -3.3914 / 3°23'29"W

OS Eastings: 304462

OS Northings: 228513

OS Grid: SO044285

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MFDS

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.5BGC

Plus Code: 9C3RWJW5+QC

Entry Name: The Old Post Office

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7017

Building Class: Communications

ID on this website: 300007017

Location: About 50 metres W of tower of St Mary's Church.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

Probably circa mid C19. Formerly the Head Post Office in Brecon - the third known site of the Post Office in Brecon. Built as service wing to now demolished Tredegar town house.

Exterior

Two-storey front to St Mary Street; painted roughcast with smooth band between floors, quoins and plinth; slate roof, rendered rectangular chimneys. Windows in moulded architraves; small-pane hornless windows on first floor, horned sashes on ground floor. First floor has three paired sash windows and one narrow sash window to L. On ground floor, wide bowed small-pane shop window and doorway within casing of pilasters, frieze and cornice; sash window at left-hand end; to sash windows to R. There is an old stamp machine to R of shop window.

Interior

Much modernised in mid-to-late C20.

Reasons for Listing

Included for Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in St Mary Street.

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