Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brecon Presbyterian Church, including Hall to rear
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
- 51.94546, -3.38658
- Cadw reference
- 7104
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
Set back from road, opposite Conway Street.
History
Circa 1872; architect W F Poulton. Some repairs to steeple after strike by thunderbolt 13 August 1955.
Exterior
Gothic chapel with gable to street. Slate roof with alternating grey and purple bands. Snecked rock-faced grey stone with bathstone dressings; arch voussoirs in alternating colours. Asymmetrical front has, to R, tower with doorway at ground level and lancet windows in stage above; polygonal stair turret to R; tower rises as octagonal spire with gablets and weather vane. Large 4-light Decorated style window; Gothic doorway to L, asymmetrical buttresses and pinnacle to L. Right side elevation with 5 lancets and buttresses. To rear is crosswing of school or hall in same style. Single-storey; 2 Gothic windows and a doorway, separated by buttresses. Modern block at E end.
Reason for designation
Well-designed and well-preserved mid Victorian chapel. Group Value with adjacent listed buildings on both sides of the Watton.
Nearby in the register
- Forecourt Wall, Piers, Railings & Gates of Brecon Presbyterian ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- House, including Garden Wall & RailingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Chwarae Teg PHNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 49 The WattonDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.