Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 The Bulwark
Brecon, Powys, Wales
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
- 51.94661, -3.38931
- Cadw reference
- 6833
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Opposite the end of the building line on opposite side of the Bulwark.
History
Mid-to-later C19.
Exterior
Shop with accommodation above. Stuccoed front of 3 storeys with bands between floors, 3 windows in moulded architraves to The Bulwark with slate roof. Four-pane sash windows in moulded architraves; in centre bay on first floor, 3-light canted bay window. On ground floor, shop front with central doorway, fascia and cornice, fluted pilasters at ends.
Reason for designation
Mid C19 building preserving its character; Group Value with adjacent listed buildings.
Nearby in the register
- 2 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Silurian HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- 13 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.