Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
37 The Watton
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
- Commercial
- Date of designation
- 16 December 1976
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94600, -3.38877
- Cadw reference
- 7119
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
Near corner with Danygaer Road, adjacent to The Puzzle Tree.
History
Later C19 building.
Exterior
Narrow stuccoed front of two storeys, one bay. Moulded parapet. Below it, a stuccoed moulding, supported on animal head corbels. On first floor, a cantilevered three-light bay window with sash windows without glazing bars, slate hipped roof and stuccoed corbelling. On ground floor, a late C19 to C20 shop front.
Interior
Mid C19.
Reason for designation
Included for group value with adjacent listed buildings in The Watton.
Nearby in the register
- The Puzzle Tree Restaurant, including Stone Wall and RailingsCommercialunder 1 mi
- Shop, including former Theatre to rearCommercialunder 1 mi
- Forecourt Walls & Railings to the Brecknock MuseumDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pillar Box in Forecourt of Brecknock MuseumCommunicationsunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.