Brecon › History › Grade II* › Hamilton House Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · tap to enlargeGrade II* listed building · Cadw Hamilton House Listed Grade II* since 1961 65 years · Grade II* is the next 7.1% of Wales’s listed buildings
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About About Hamilton House Hamilton House is one of 27 Grade II* listed buildings in Brecon and about 2,142 in Wales. It was among the first 56 buildings in Brecon to be listed, on 31 May 1961. It stands in the Brecon conservation area, designated in 1970. Within 400 metres are 5 more Grade I buildings and 315 other listed buildings.
Cadw Read the official list entry Cadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 7045 ↗ Grade II* is for particularly important buildings of more than special interest, about 7.1% 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
1 2 3 4 5 © OpenStreetMap contributors Around it 101 more listed buildings within 150 metres Grade I and II* ones open their own page; Grade II ones open the official list entry.
Show the other 83 II 88 The Struet 39 m II* Rutland House, including Forecourt Wall, Piers & Iron Railings 41 m II 18 The Struet 44 m II 87 The Struet 44 m II 99 The Struet 45 m II 2 King Street 47 m II Post Box outside No.8 The Struet 47 m II Bull's Head Hotel 49 m II No.1 King Street including dwarf walls and iron railings 52 m II 8 The Struet 52 m II Huntingdon House 52 m II* The County House 52 m II Cobbled Steps and Pathway 53 m II 13 Priory Hill 62 m II 14 Priory Hill 62 m II 21a The Struet 63 m II 7 The Struet 63 m II 101 The Struet, including rear wings 64 m II 12 Priory Hill 66 m II 11 Priory Hill 66 m II No.10 Priory Hill, including Forecourt Walls and Railings 68 m II 21 The Struet 68 m II Priory Bridge 69 m II 22 The Struet 73 m II Cobbled Setts in front of Nos.21a to 27 (Consec) and Steps outside Nos.21 & 21a 77 m II 23 The Struet 78 m II Priory Hill House, including Railings & Service Wing at West End 82 m II Garden Wall in the Postern to Priory Hill House 86 m II 6 The Struet 93 m II Somerfield 96 m II Wall on North side of Postern 97 m II Postern House 99 m II 5 The Struet 100 m II 1 Mount Street 105 m II 103 The Struet 106 m II 31 The Struet 107 m II 4 The Struet 108 m II 2 Mount Street 109 m II 32 The Struet 110 m II Garden Retaining Walls & Railings to Nos.9 & 10 The Postern 111 m II Former Cottage next to George Hotel 112 m II 3 Mount Street 112 m II 103a The Struet 113 m I Chapter House and Diocesan Centre (with Canonry Flat and Clergy House) 113 m II 7 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings 113 m II 33 The Struet 113 m II 5 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings 114 m II 6 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings 114 m II 8 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings 114 m II 4 Mount Street 115 m II Garden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern 115 m II 34 The Struet 116 m II The George Hotel 118 m II 104 The Struet 119 m II 36 The Struet 120 m II 11 The Postern 121 m II Mount Street House including forecourt wall and railings 121 m II 12 The Postern 123 m II 37 The Struet 128 m II 105 The Struet 130 m II 39 The Struet 134 m II Building, excluding rear block of No.9 in Chapel Street 134 m II 10 Castle Street 134 m II 11 Castle Street 134 m II Ely House 134 m II 4 Castle Street 135 m II 6 Castle Street 135 m II 12 Castle Street 135 m II 5 Castle Street 135 m II 7 Castle Street 136 m II 23 Castle Street 136 m II 13 Castle Street 136 m II 40 The Struet 138 m II 25b High Street Inferior 140 m II Castle House 141 m II Braehead, including Gatepiers and Front Wall with railings 141 m II 41 The Struet 141 m II 25c High Street Inferior 142 m II 25a High Street Inferior 144 m II 23a Castle Street 148 m II 83 The Struet 149 m II 22 Castle Street 149 m II 43 The Struet 149 m More like it Grade I and II* houses near Brecon Within 25 miles, with a photo.
Questions about Hamilton House Is Hamilton House listed? Yes. Hamilton House is listed Grade II* on Cadw’s register (record 7045), first listed on 31 May 1961.
Can you visit Hamilton House? Many listed buildings are private homes; this one can be seen from the street.
Is Hamilton House 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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