Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Walls of walled garden N of suspension bridge
Trallong, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Domestic
- Date of designation
- 27 May 2005
- Locality
- Abercamlais
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Trallong
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95067, -3.50539
- Cadw reference
- 84458
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
Situated on N side of the Usk from Abercamlais, opposite the suspension bridge.
History
Rectangular walled garden, probably late C18 or early C19, though not clearly outlined on the 1842 Tithe map.
Exterior
Walls to rectangular walled garden, rubble stone lined in red brick, the S wall entirely of brick, Flemish bond. Flat stone copings. Doorways with depressed or basket-arched heads, one each in centres of S and N walls, one at N end of W side. Modern break in N end of E wall.
Reason for designation
Included for the special historic interest of the walled garden and for group value with the other listed items at Abercamlais.
Nearby in the register
- Suspension bridge at AbercamlaisTransportunder 1 mi
- Stable Court at AbercamlaisDomesticunder 1 mi
- Abercamlais Bridge/ Pont Abercamlais and door in attached wall to NETransportunder 1 mi
- Abercamlais including Dovecote CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.