Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 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
- 51.94661, -3.38931
- Cadw reference
- 6833
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
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.