Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
6829
Building Number
Grade
II*
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304423
Northing
228409
Street Side
S
Location
Near river, to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place, Glamorgan Street; best seen from W end of Captain's Walk.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
In Speed's Plan of Brecknock of 1610 and Meredith Jones's Plan of 1744 five towers are shown between the Bridge Gate and Watton Gate; this is presumably the second tower to the south of Bridge Gate and is situated close to the River Usk. Theophilus Jones (1805/1809) identified this tower as "Porth y dwr issa", the "lower watergate" one of the ten "towers or turrets" of the town defences of Brecon "at the bottom of Mr Maybery's garden" and remarks that one of the town gates was underneath the tower. The tower probably dates to the C13 or C14. Recent research suggests that the gateway was inserted through an earlier structure.
Exterior
Ruined medieval tower of stone. Rectangular in plan, but very overgrown with vegetation in 2005. To each side of central opening, beginnings of springing of arch are visible.
Interior
Reason for designation
Graded II* as surviving part of Medieval defences of Brecon.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Cadw Ref BR177(POW).
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