Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
1 Ffrwdgrech Road
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
- 51.94412, -3.40499
- Cadw reference
- 6885
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
On NW side of road near junction with Newgate Street.
History
Probably early C19.
Exterior
Two storey row of cottages, stone rubble, some painted. Slate roofs. Red brick chimney stacks. Nos 1 to 4 (consec) with one outer window bay and inner doorway each. Each with a small Brecon hopper inward opening window on first floor at eaves level. Camber-headed openings to ground floor. Nos 1 and 2 now form one unit with one doorway blocked, and are not painted. On ground floor, No 1 with a fixed 16-pane window to L, and a blocked doorway to R.
Ground floor of No 2 with a ledged door with frame to left hand and Brecon hopper window three panes wide to right hand. Nos 3 and 4 each with a hopper window three panes wide in outer bay; No 3 with ledged door and No 4 with modern door. No 5: to left hand, small hopper window above and larger inward hopper window three panes wide below. Ledged door.
Reason for designation
Row of early C19 cottages retaining character. Group Value with other listed cottages in the street.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Ffrwdgrech RoadNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 3 Ffrwdgrech RoadNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 4 Ffrwdgrech RoadNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 5 Ffrwdgrech RoadNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.