Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
6830
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
Garden Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place to SE of Medieval Tower
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304445
Northing
228399
Street Side
S
Location
Forms rear boundary of garden to No.3 Buckingham Place. Best seen from Captain's Walk.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
C18 or C19, and post era of destruction of medieval town walls in late C18, but possibly incorporating medieval masonry in the section of wall adjoining the town wall tower.
Exterior
Stone wall surmounted by iron railings with standards with urn finials; interrupted by higher arch in Gothic style which is flanked by gate piers of stone with stone slab capping; wooden door, early to mid C19, with pointed head and Gothic panelling. Doorway also has iron gate protecting door.
Interior
Reason for designation
Wall on or close to line of Medieval town wall of Brecon, possibly incorporating Medieval masonry. Group Value with No 3 Buckingham Place, and other sections of listed walls forming boundary between houses in Glamorgan Street and Captain's Walk.
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