Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boundary Wall along The Watton, Brecon Barracks
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
- 51.94410, -3.38385
- Cadw reference
- 7098
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
Defining the S side of the Barracks, about 750m SE of town centre.
History
C19.
Exterior
Boundary wall of stone laid in regular courses; stone pilasters and plinth. Stone gate piers at entry to NW of the Keep, and (further SE) gatepiers to vehicle and pedestrian gateways with boarded doors.
Reason for designation
C19 wall of historic barracks, little altered. Group Value with The Keep and listed buildings within the Barracks site.
Nearby in the register
- The Keep at Brecon BarracksDefenceunder 1 mi
- 87 The WattonDomesticunder 1 mi
- 88 The WattonDomesticunder 1 mi
- No.1 Tregunter Place, including forecourt Wall and RailingsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.