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
7091
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
Museum at Brecon Barracks
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304981
Northing
228234
Street Side
N
Location
On the W side of the Parade Ground, but front accessible from the Watton.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Built in 1805 as an armoury.
Exterior
Two-storey red brick building with slate roof with projecting eaves; 3 red brick chimneys at eaves. Entrance front with pedimented gable; 3 bays. Nine-window side elevation facing Parade Ground has 12-pane hornless sash windows on first floor; on ground floor, blind flat-headed windows in end bays (R of these with later doorway), originally round-headed small-pane sash windows in other bays, but 2 blocked, and one a doorway.
Interior
Reason for designation
Part of fine C19 barracks complex. Group Value with other listed buildings on the site.
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