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
6894
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 Havard and Morgannwg Houses
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304463
Northing
228392
Street Side
S
Location
Forming rear boundary of gardens of Havard and Morgannwg Houses and Captain's Walk.
Description
Broad Class
Domestic
Period
History
Date is uncertain. The earth bank and wall to rear of Morgannwg House is Scheduled as part of the Medieval town wall of Brecon, but this and the attached wall to Havard house were listed as one item in 1976 as late 18th to 19th century wall on or close to line of Medieval town walls of Brecon which were demolished in C18. The 1834 map of Brecon appears to show the walls behind Havard House at least partially on a different alignment. Captain's Walk is believed to have been made by Captain Thomas Philips of Havard House around 1700. A forthcoming study of the walls hopes to resolve the dating issue (2005).
Exterior
Stone wall to Havard House; much higher than wall to rear of No 3 Buckingham Place. Wall has parapet, mock machiolation and loops and doorway with chamfered architrave with flight of steps behind leading into the garden. Lower wall of different stone laid in thinner courses and with roughly embattled coping to rear of Morgannwg House. Within garden of Havard House, near doorway, a blocked doorway at right angles is said to give access to a passage parallel to the wall.
Interior
Reason for designation
C18 or C19 wall on line of Medieval town walls of Brecon. Group Value with other listed sections of wall, and the houses in Glamorgan Street.
Scheduled Ancient Monument Cadw Ref BR 177.
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