Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers and Gates at Cemetery
Brecon, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Religious, Ritual and Funerary
- Date of designation
- 4 November 2005
- Town
- Brecon
- Community
- Brecon
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.95249, -3.40087
- Cadw reference
- 85781
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
About 1km NW of town centre.
History
Probably contemporary with the cemetery chapels; 1858 by H J Powell, architect of Cardiff.
Exterior
Pair of stone gatepiers with Gothic detailing. Iron vehicle gate. To L, concave stone wall surmounted by iron railings; to R of gatepiers, similar wall pierced by iron pedestrian gateway.
Reason for designation
Included for Group Value with other listed buildings at the cemetery.
Nearby in the register
- Former Cemetery LodgeReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cemetery Chapel (SE)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cemetery Chapel (NW)Religious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Court HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.