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Grade II* listed · Cadw

Listed 1976

Record: 7042

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Grade II* listed building · Cadw

The Elms

Listed Grade II* since 197650 years · Grade II* is the next 7.1% of Wales’s listed buildings

HHouseCABrecon conservation area1976Listed

DirectionsOfficial list entry ↗

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

About

About The Elms

The Elms is one of 27 Grade II* listed buildings in Brecon and about 2,142 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. Within 400 metres are 5 more Grade I buildings and 325 other listed buildings.

CadwRead the official list entryCadw’s description of the building, its history and why it is listed · Record 7042↗

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

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Farther afield

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No.4 Lion Street, including Forecourt Gate & RailingsGrade II*0.2mi 5 St Mary StreetGrade II*0.2mi

1 Buckingham PlaceGrade II*0.2mi

Around it

104 more listed buildings within 150 metres

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

IITelephone Call-box outside No.10 The Struet9 m II11 The Struet, including Front Steps and Railings10 m II*Rutland House, including Forecourt Wall, Piers & Iron Railings16 m II12 The Struet17 m II97 The Struet22 m IIPost Box outside No.8 The Struet23 m II98 The Struet23 m II96 The Struet24 m II*Hamilton House25 m II8 The Struet27 m II99 The Struet28 m II95 The Struet32 m II*The County House33 m II14 The Struet34 m II94 The Struet37 m II7 The Struet38 m II93 The Struet42 m II15 The Struet42 m

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II101 The Struet, including rear wings42 m II92 The Struet45 m II16 The Struet47 m II91 The Struet50 m II90 The Struet56 m II17 The Struet58 m II89 The Struet60 m II2 King Street64 m II88 The Struet64 m II18 The Struet68 m II6 The Struet68 m II87 The Struet70 m IICobbled Steps and Pathway73 m IINo.1 King Street including dwarf walls and iron railings74 m IISomerfield74 m IIBull's Head Hotel74 m II5 The Struet75 m IIHuntingdon House76 m II103 The Struet82 m II4 The Struet83 m II14 Priory Hill83 m II13 Priory Hill84 m II1 Mount Street84 m II21a The Struet86 m IIFormer Cottage next to George Hotel87 m II2 Mount Street89 m II103a The Struet89 m II12 Priory Hill89 m II11 Priory Hill90 m II21 The Struet92 m II3 Mount Street92 m IINo.10 Priory Hill, including Forecourt Walls and Railings92 m IIThe George Hotel93 m IIPriory Bridge94 m II104 The Struet95 m II4 Mount Street95 m II22 The Struet97 m IIPostern House101 m IICobbled Setts in front of Nos.21a to 27 (Consec) and Steps outside Nos.21 & 21a102 m II23 The Struet102 m IIGarden Wall in the Postern to Priory Hill House103 m IIMount Street House including forecourt wall and railings103 m IIPriory Hill House, including Railings & Service Wing at West End104 m II105 The Struet106 m IIWall on North side of Postern106 m II4 Castle Street112 m II23 Castle Street113 m II5 Castle Street113 m II6 Castle Street114 m IIGarden Retaining Walls & Railings to Nos.9 & 10 The Postern114 m IIBuilding, excluding rear block of No.9 in Chapel Street114 m II10 Castle Street114 m II7 Castle Street115 m II25b High Street Inferior115 m II11 Castle Street115 m IIGarden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern116 m II25c High Street Inferior117 m II12 Castle Street117 m II8 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings118 m II7 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings118 m II25a High Street Inferior119 m II6 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings119 m II13 Castle Street120 m II5 The Postern, including Forecourt Wall and Railings120 m II11 The Postern123 m II12 The Postern124 m II23a Castle Street126 m II25 High Street Superior127 m II22 Castle Street127 m II26 High Street Superior128 m II31 The Struet130 m IIBraehead, including Gatepiers and Front Wall with railings131 m IIEly House132 m II32 The Struet134 m II21 Castle Street134 m II20 Castle Street135 m IChapter House and Diocesan Centre (with Canonry Flat and Clergy House)135 m IICastle House137 m II19 Castle Street137 m II33 The Struet137 m II18 Castle Street138 m IINational Westminster Bank138 m IICastle Bridge139 m II34 The Struet140 m IIRear Garden Wall to Nos.18 to 21 Castle Street143 m II36 The Struet144 m

More like it

Grade I and II* houses near Brecon

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The Town ClockTredegar · 14 mi away

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Questions about The Elms

Is The Elms listed?

Yes. The Elms is listed Grade II* on Cadw’s register (record 7042), first listed on 16 December 1976.

Can you visit The Elms?

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

Is The Elms 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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