Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boundary Wall along The Watton, Brecon Barracks
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
- 51.94410, -3.38385
- Cadw reference
- 7098
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
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.