Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Forecourt Wall, Piers, Railings & Gates of Brecon Presbyterian Church
Brecon, Powys, Wales
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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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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.