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Presbytery to the Roman Catholic Church of St Michael, including boundary wall

A Grade II Listed Building in Brecon, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9471 / 51°56'49"N

Longitude: -3.3925 / 3°23'32"W

OS Eastings: 304388

OS Northings: 228539

OS Grid: SO043285

Mapcode National: GBR YP.MF51

Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.4BW6

Plus Code: 9C3RWJW5+R2

Entry Name: Presbytery to the Roman Catholic Church of St Michael, including boundary wall

Listing Date: 16 December 1976

Last Amended: 4 November 2005

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 7021

Building Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

ID on this website: 300007021

Location: Attached to rear of St Michael's RC Church.

County: Powys

Town: Brecon

Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)

Community: Brecon

Built-Up Area: Brecon

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Tagged with: Clergy house

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History

Mid-to-late C19, but with C20 alterations.

Exterior

Presbytery. Stone walls. Slate roofs. To the NW, a gabled wing projects forward at right-angles to the church; the gable itself is slate-hung and lit by a casement window; on ground floor a modern window. Blank NW return wall of this wing. A further narrower wing to the L at right angles on a NW to SE axis; slate hung upper floor, modern glazing.
Enclosed by a high boundary wall of stone rubble with hues of purple and grey with ashlar coping; a flight of steps leads up through this to a two-centred headed doorway in the wing of the Presbytery adjoining the Chancel.

Reasons for Listing

Included for Group Value with Church of St Michael, and for contribution of its wall to the streetscape.

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