Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Brecon Rugby Club
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
- 51.94475, -3.38589
- Cadw reference
- 7131
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
On corner with Gasworks Lane.
History
Perhaps C18.
Exterior
Former public house. Stone walls; roughcast; painted plinth. Slate roof; earlier rubble flanking stacks partly raised in red brick. Front to The Watton of two windows with central doorway; tripartite sash windows. Upper windows hornless with horizontal glazing bars missing; lower windows horned with 12-pane sashes to centre. Left return has single square sash window to each floor. Two-storey rear wing along Gasworks Lane.
Interior
Now one large ground floor room. Large stone fireplace to W; said to be further fireplace to E behind modern panelling. Beamed ceiling.
Reason for designation
Former public house retaining historic character, and with group Value with adjacent listed buildings in The Watton.
Nearby in the register
- House, including iron railings and gates.Domesticunder 1 mi
- 61 The WattonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 60 The WattonNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- 64 The WattonCommercialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.