Latitude: 51.944 / 51°56'38"N
Longitude: -3.3835 / 3°23'0"W
OS Eastings: 304996
OS Northings: 228185
OS Grid: SO049281
Mapcode National: GBR YP.MPCM
Mapcode Global: VH6BZ.9DMK
Plus Code: 9C3RWJV8+JH
Entry Name: The Keep at Brecon Barracks
Listing Date: 16 December 1976
Last Amended: 4 November 2005
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 7097
Building Class: Defence
ID on this website: 300007097
Location: On S side of barracks with elevations to the Watton, and Parade Ground to N.
County: Powys
Town: Brecon
Community: Brecon (Aberhonddu)
Community: Brecon
Built-Up Area: Brecon
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Built in 1877. Circa 1960 windows and arrow loops were blocked when adapted as Cold War HQ, but are gradually being reinstated.
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.
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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