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5 Watergate

Brecon, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 16 December 1976.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of 5 Watergate, 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
16 December 1976
Town
Brecon
Community
Brecon
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.94804, -3.39337
Cadw reference
85686

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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

The row forms the NE side of Watergate, adjacent to chapel entrance.

Circa early C19 three storey row. Since listing in 1976, high-quality reinstatement of period details.

No.5 has 6-panelled door with rectangular overlight.

Good group of early C19 houses retaining character. Group value with adjacent houses in Watergate.

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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