The Keep at Brecon Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Military barracks. 1 related planning application.

The Keep at Brecon Barracks

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Military barracks
Source
Cadw listing

Description

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.

Detailed Attributes

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