20 Bethel Square

Brecon, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 31 May 1961.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 20 Bethel Square, Brecon, Powys, with a pin at the register's coordinates — Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade II
Broad class: No class recorded
Date of designation: 31 May 1961
Town: Brecon
Community: Brecon
Unitary authority: Powys
Country: Wales
Coordinates: 51.94757, -3.39026
Cadw reference: 85640

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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)

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Cadw's description

Location

Facing Lion Street; on corner with archway to Bethel Square.

History

C18 origins; altered in late C20.

Exterior

Shop with accommodation above. Stucco with moulded band over ground floor; slate roof with eaves coving. Three-storey, 3-window front. Windows in plain reveals; square 6-pane sashes on top floor; 12-pane sashes on first floor. Modern shopfront on ground floor.

Interior

Interior very altered, but retains good earlier C18 stair to rear, and original doors and doorcases to staircase hall.

Reason for designation

Included for Group Value with adjacent listed buildings in Lion Street.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0

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