Lychgate and Flanking Walls, Brecon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9515 / 51°57'5"N

Longitude: -3.3927 / 3°23'33"W

OS Eastings: 304381

OS Northings: 229032

OS Grid: SO043290

Mapcode National: GBR YP.M72C

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.46RS

Plus Code: 9C3RXJ24+JW

Entry Name: Lychgate and Flanking Walls

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6997

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300006997

Location: To NW of Cathedral and Almonry.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Lychgate

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History

1900. On interior S wall of the lychgate is a stone memorial tablet to Joseph Richard Cobb and dated 1900
"To the glory of God, lived 1821-1897, Joseph Richard Cobb, to whose memory this gate is erected by his wife and children 1900".

Exterior

Lychgate contructed from two parallel walls of stone with gabled timber superstructure (arcaded to sides) with cusped bargeboards and with stone slate roof on NE to SW axis. Two sets of iron gates. Lychgate linked to the Almonry (S) by a low stone wall with coping; railings with spear-headed finials with, at intervals, square standards with urn finials. Short stretch of similar wall to N.

Reasons for Listing

Included for Group Value with the Cathedral, Almonry, and Tithebarn.

External Links

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Lychgate and Flanking Walls

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys