Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Gatepiers and Gates at Cemetery
Brecon, Powys, Wales
A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 4 November 2005.
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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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
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.