Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 The Bulwark
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94652, -3.38916
- Cadw reference
- 6831
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Prominently sited at SE end of Bulwark, with R return facing down The Watton.
History
Mid C19; shop with accommodation above.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Three storeys. Rendered (pebbledash scribed as masonry); hipped slate roof. Elevation to the Bulwark of 3 windows. Giant pilasters, bands at 1st and 2nd floor levels. Four-pane sash windows in reveals, moulded architraves; large shop front on ground floor. South-east return facing down The Watton has a shallow 2-storey 3-light canted bay window on 1st and 2nd floors and a large projecting shop window on ground floor. To Lion Street, long 2-window elevation with the windows towards rear.
Reason for designation
Mid C19 building retaining much character. Group Value with listed buildings in The Bulwark, Lion Street, and the Brecon Museum.
Nearby in the register
- 2 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- 3 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 Lion StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 2 Lion StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.