Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Reference Number
7097
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
16/12/1976
Date of Amendment
04/11/2005
Name of Property
The Keep at Brecon Barracks
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Brecon
Town
Brecon
Locality
Easting
304996
Northing
228185
Street Side
N
Location
On S side of barracks with elevations to the Watton, and Parade Ground to N.
Description
Broad Class
Defence
Period
History
Built in 1877. Circa 1960 windows and arrow loops were blocked when adapted as Cold War HQ, but are gradually being reinstated.
Exterior
Medievalising block in brown stone with contrasting dressings. Central 4-storey keep with two taller staircase towers in Parade Ground (N) elevation. East wing of 3 storeys and 2-storey W wing. East and West wings with slate roofs; stone bands. Keep with crenellated parapet with machicolations; ashlar bands at levels of window heads and sills; quoins and window dressings in contrasting stone. Parade Ground side (N) elevation of 6 bays with towers and street elevation of eight. Street elevation has cantilevered bay window with corbelling. Towers in NE elevation with battered bases and crenellated parapet with machicolations; stair windows, three rising in steps on each floor. Many window openings (formerly with sash windows and louvres) now blocked.
Interior
Reason for designation
Listed as part of the historic Barracks of Brecon, a rare surviving C19 barracks ensemble in Wales whose buildings have mutual Group Value.
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