Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Octagonal building at Lower Neuadd Reservoir
Llanfrynach, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Neuadd, Brecon, Llanfrynach, Powys, designated on 28 July 2005.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Water Supply and Drainage
- Date of designation
- 28 July 2005
- Locality
- Neuadd
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Llanfrynach
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.85198, -3.40800
- Cadw reference
- 84832
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 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Location
Situated just S of the dam at Lower Neuadd Reservoir.
History
Building associated with the Lower Neuadd reservoir built c. 1900 for the Merthyr Tydfil Urban District Council.
Exterior
Reservoir building, rock-faced squared stone with cemented roof. Square tower with chamfered corners, corbelled parapet and recessed octagonal roof to centre chimney. Pink stone with some sandstone ashlar. Two storeys. Front has large arched doorway, blocked, with pink stone voussoirs, and first floor has 3-light ashlar mullioned window. parapet has a small raised shouldered pediment over the window. Right side has a blocked 3-light mullioned window below and a blocked roundel above. Parapet coping is stepped up.
Interior
Not available for inspection.
Reason for designation
Included for its special interest as a water-industry building of definite quality and character.
Nearby in the register
- Lower Neuadd Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Neuadd HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Llwyn-on FarmsteadFarmsteadunder 1 mi
- Dam at the Upper Neuadd ReservoirWater Supply and Drainageunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.