Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Forecourt Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to Watergate Baptist Church
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
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94814, -3.39356
- Cadw reference
- 7084
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
Separating chapel forecourt from road.
History
Later C19.
Exterior
Low forecourt walls of stone with ashlar coping. Chamfered gate piers with heavy coping. Later C19 iron railings. Centre gates have uprights which rise alternately to lock and top rails; finials. Attached rubble wall at right angles returns to chapel.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with chapel.
Nearby in the register
- 7 WatergateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 6 WatergateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 8 WatergateDomesticunder 1 mi
- 5 WatergateNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.