Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Forecourt Wall, Piers, Railings & Gates of Brecon Presbyterian 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
- 51.94534, -3.38668
- Cadw reference
- 7105
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
In front of Church, separating its forecourt from the Watton.
History
Contemporary with the Church; 1870s.
Exterior
Walls of dressed stone laid in courses with ashlar coping. Two entrances, each flanked by square chamfered gate piers of ashlar with battered bases; and pointed octagonal coping to main gatepiers. Short iron railings with fleur-de-lys finials; two pairs of gates with fleur-de-lys and ivy motifs.
Reason for designation
Included for Group Value with the church.
Nearby in the register
- Brecon Presbyterian Church, including Hall to rearReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 49 The WattonDomesticunder 1 mi
- House, including Garden Wall & RailingsDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gremlin HotelCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.