6 Broad Street is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 September 1991. Former schoolhouse, heritage centre.

6 Broad Street

WRENN ID
proud-pier-sable
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 September 1991
Type
Former schoolhouse, heritage centre
Address
6 Broad Street, Builth, LD2 3DT
OS grid reference
SO 042 510
Coordinates
52.14953, -3.40071
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

6 Broad Street is a three-storey building featuring a slate roof and a yellow brick chimney on the right. The structure is partially timber-framed, with the front covered in painted smooth render that has scribed lines to imitate ashlar. The rear of the building consists of rubble stone on the ground and first floors, while the second floor is made of red brick, indicating a later extension.

The front has eight windows arranged in two groups of four. The roof is low-pitched with deeply overhanging boarded eaves. Most windows are small pane hornless sashes, although there have been some changes. The windows are set very shallow, with those on the second floor located under the eaves, featuring nine panes each (the second and sixth windows from the left are blocked). The first-floor windows are taller and have twelve panes, but the second and third from the left have modern glazing. The ground floor has shopfronts dating from around 1900 and the mid-20th century.

The eastern gable end is rendered, while the western gable has some slate hanging. The rear of the building includes modern additions on the ground floor.

Local climate

6 Broad Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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