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Dan-y-Glwyd

Brecon, Powys, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Brecon, Powys, designated on 4 November 2005.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Dan-y-Glwyd, 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
Domestic
Date of designation
4 November 2005
Town
Brecon
Community
Brecon
Unitary authority
Powys
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.95325, -3.39369
Cadw reference
85790

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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

Early-to-mid C19, but with C18 core.

House, 2 storeys plus attic, slate roof; rendered end chimneys. Two-window front, roughcast. Two gable dormers with 6-pane Brecon hopper windows. On first floor, two 4-pane Brecon hopper windows. On ground floor, central half-glazed panelled door (brick steps up to doorway) is flanked by splayed bay windows with horned sash glazing. Beneath bay windows, large decorative iron grilles to cellar.

An early-to-mid C19 house with C18 origins and intact character.

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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