Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
2 Lion Street
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 January 1952.
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 16 January 1952
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.94664, -3.38900
- Cadw reference
- 85636
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 SE end of street, next to Plough Chapel.
History
Mid C19 pair of houses.
Reason for designation
Pair of early-to-mid C19 houses retaining their character, and with Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Lion Street, and at the junction of the Watton and Bulwark.
Nearby in the register
- 1 Lion StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- 1 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
- Plough United Reformed ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- 2 The BulwarkDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.