Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Former Garden Wall to Nos.3 & 4 Glamorgan Street (now Wall to Car Park)
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
- 51.94620, -3.39050
- Cadw reference
- 6896
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
Forming boundary of car park and Captain's Walk.
History
Late 18th century to 19th century. Probably follows the course of the medieval town wall which was demolished in C18. New garden walls have been built closer to the houses, and the listed wall now defines car park.
Exterior
Wall of stone similar to wall to rear of Morgannwg House. Roughly embattled and stone slab capping. Doorway with cambered head to rear of No.3, doorway with flat head and buttresses to No.4.
Reason for designation
Included as part of the group of stone rear walls of the important group of houses in Glamorgan Street. The rear walls as a group form an important feature on Captain's walk and may define the line of the medieval town walls of Brecon.
Nearby in the register
- Garden Wall to rear of No 5Domesticunder 1 mi
- 4 Glamorgan StreetNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 3 Glamorgan StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 Glamorgan StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.