Grade I listed · Cadw

Listed 1976

Record: 6849

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Grade I listed building · Cadw

Ely Tower

On the list as Ely Tower of Brecon Castle

Listed Grade I since 197650 years · Grade I is the top 1.6% of Wales’s listed buildings

HHouseCABrecon conservation area SMOver a scheduled monument1976Listed

DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Ely Tower

Ely Tower, listed as Ely Tower of Brecon Castle, is one of 6 Grade I listed buildings in Brecon and about 494 in Wales. It was among the first 349 buildings in Brecon to be listed, on 16 December 1976. It stands in the Brecon conservation area, designated in 1970, and over a scheduled monument, Brecon Castle. Within 400 metres are 5 more Grade I buildings and 314 other listed buildings.

CadwRead the official list entryCadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 6849↗

Grade I is for buildings of exceptional interest, about 1.6% of all listed buildings in Wales. Listing protects the whole building, inside and out: changes need listed building consent from the council.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 listed buildings in about 15 minutes

Brecon · about 0.4 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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Farther afield

46 High Street InferiorGrade II*0.2mi

1 Buckingham PlaceGrade II*0.2mi

2 Buckingham PlaceGrade II*0.2mi

3 Buckingham PlaceGrade II*0.2mi

St Mary's ChurchGrade II*0.2mi Cantre SelyfGrade II*0.2mi

Around it

64 more listed buildings within 150 metres

Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.

IICastle House26 m IIStone Wall to NE of Castle Hotel which faces River Honddu, including Stone Outbuilding at N end33 m IIEly House35 m IICastle Bridge44 m II12 The Postern55 m IIGarden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern59 m II11 The Postern59 m IIGarden Retaining Walls & Railings to Nos.9 & 10 The Postern67 m II8 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings72 m II13 Castle Street74 m IIPostern House74 m II18 Castle Street75 m II7 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings76 m IRemains of the Great Hall of Brecon Castle78 m II6 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings79 m II19 Castle Street80 m II5 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings82 m IIRear Garden Wall to Nos.18 to 21 Castle Street84 m

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II*Brecon Castle Hotel84 m II12 Castle Street85 m II20 Castle Street85 m II21 Castle Street90 m II11 Castle Street91 m II10 Castle Street93 m IIBuilding, excluding rear block of No.9 in Chapel Street96 m IIWall on North side of Postern98 m II7 Castle Street105 m II6 Castle Street110 m II5 Castle Street114 m II22 Castle Street115 m IIBrecon Market118 m II4 Castle Street119 m IIWatergate Baptist Church120 m IIFormer Watergate Mill120 m IISomerfield120 m II23a Castle Street121 m IIBuilding immediately to W of former Watergate Mill124 m II23 Castle Street126 m II101 The Struet, including rear wings127 m II104 The Struet129 m II*The County House130 m II99 The Struet131 m II103 The Struet131 m IIGarden Wall in the Postern to Priory Hill House131 m II103a The Struet132 m II98 The Struet134 m II105 The Struet137 m II97 The Struet137 m IIForecourt Walls, Piers, Gates and Railings to Watergate Baptist Church139 m II7 Watergate140 m II96 The Struet141 m II26 High Street Superior142 m II95 The Struet144 m IIPost Box outside No.8 The Struet144 m II6 Watergate144 m II5 The Struet145 m II4 The Struet147 m II7 The Struet147 m II5 Watergate148 m II8 The Struet148 m IITelephone Call-box outside No.10 The Struet149 m II6 The Struet149 m II94 The Struet149 m II28 High Street Superior149 m

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Questions about Ely Tower

Is Ely Tower listed?

Yes. Ely Tower of Brecon Castle is listed Grade I on Cadw’s register (record 6849), first listed on 16 December 1976.

Can you visit Ely Tower?

Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.

Is Ely Tower in a conservation area?

Yes, the Brecon conservation area, designated in 1970.

Listed buildings: Cadw, © Crown copyright, via DataMapWales. Photos: Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, credited above, copied to our own server. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Sources: Cadw listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered historic parks and gardens via DataMapWales, October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Cadw conservation areas via DataMapWales (October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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