Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
3 Priory Hill
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
- 51.95107, -3.39306
- Cadw reference
- 7005
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
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.