Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 Priory Hill
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
- 51.95107, -3.39306
- Cadw reference
- 7005
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
Almost opposite Cathedral Tithebarn.
History
C19 external details, but possibly with earlier origins.
Exterior
Two-storey, two window house with C19 external details. Slate roof with one gabled dormer. Cement render with moulded band between floors. 16-pane sash windows in stuccoed architraves, two on first floor and one to right-hand below. Doorway to L, with stuccoed architrave; six-panelled door and rectangular overlight.
Reason for designation
Early C19 building retaining character. Group Value with Nos.1 & 2 Priory Hill, and buildings in Cathedral Close opposite.
Nearby in the register
- 2 Priory HillNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 1 Priory HillDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tithe Barn, Brecon CathedralAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Priory LodgeDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.