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
7085
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
Former Watergate Mill
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304303
Northing
228678
Street Side
NE
Location
On NW side of Afon Honddu, aligned SW to NE.
Description
Broad Class
Industrial
Period
History
Mill proper has C17 origins (collared trusses and some beams), shown in C18 and C19 prints and drawings.
Exterior
Two 2-storey blocks aligned with river. Taller rear block is stone with stone tile roof, and has slate-hung gable end partly concealed by lower (early to mid C19) painted rubble extension and has modern 3-light window on first and second floors. Extension with hipped slate roof and painted rubble walls; modern French doors on first floor and iron-railed balcony. Four-pane sash window without glazing bars on ground floor. Three-window elevation to NW. On first floor, three small camber-headed windows; on ground floor similar windows flank camber-headed doorway. Elevation to River Honddu has modern casement window in front block, and in rear block, 3 first floor windows and 2 ground floor windows, all with modern casement glazing.
Interior
Reason for designation
Former mill building of C18 and C19 date retaining overall character on prominent site by Afon Honddu. Group value with adjacent listed buildings in Watergate.
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