Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place, Brecon, Powys

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9459 / 51°56'45"N

Longitude: -3.3919 / 3°23'30"W

OS Eastings: 304423

OS Northings: 228409

OS Grid: SO044284

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MF8R

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.5C52

Plus Code: 9C3RWJW5+96

Entry Name: Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II*

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 6829

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300006829

Location: Near river, to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place, Glamorgan Street; best seen from W end of Captain's Walk.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

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History

In Speed's Plan of Brecknock of 1610 and Meredith Jones's Plan of 1744 five towers are shown between the Bridge Gate and Watton Gate; this is presumably the second tower to the south of Bridge Gate and is situated close to the River Usk. Theophilus Jones (1805/1809) identified this tower as "Porth y dwr issa", the "lower watergate" one of the ten "towers or turrets" of the town defences of Brecon "at the bottom of Mr Maybery's garden" and remarks that one of the town gates was underneath the tower. The tower probably dates to the C13 or C14. Recent research suggests that the gateway was inserted through an earlier structure.

Exterior

Ruined medieval tower of stone. Rectangular in plan, but very overgrown with vegetation in 2005. To each side of central opening, beginnings of springing of arch are visible.

Reasons for Listing

Graded II* as surviving part of Medieval defences of Brecon.

Scheduled Ancient Monument Cadw Ref BR177(POW).

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Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place

A Grade II* Listed Building in Brecon, Powys