BRECON CATHEDRAL, POWYS
Brecon Priory was founded after 1093 by Bernard de Neufmarche and became a dependent cell of Battle Abbey, Sussex. The present building dates principally from the 13th century. Following the Dissolution, the building became a parish church, but it fell into disrepair. A major Victorian restoration was carried out by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1860-62 and 1873. The new diocese was created and the church attained Cathedral status in 1923.
Stephen Oliver was appointed Cathedral Architect in 2015 and he completed a Quinquennial Inspection of the Cathedral and other buildings in that year. We have reroofed the Choir Vestry dormer, and are working on a major programme of intervention to reorder the interior, provide a new entrance and reroof the entire Cathedral’s stone slated roof slopes.
Stephen Oliver was appointed Cathedral Architect in 2015 and he completed a Quinquennial Inspection of the Cathedral and other buildings in that year. We have reroofed the Choir Vestry dormer, and are working on a major programme of intervention to reorder the interior, provide a new entrance and reroof the entire Cathedral’s stone slated roof slopes.