12 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Former Lamb and Flag Inn) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. A C18 House, former inn.
12 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Former Lamb and Flag Inn)
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-wicket-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1963
- Type
- House, former inn
- Address
- 12 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Former Lamb and Flag Inn), 12 Heol Rheolau, Gwaunclawdd, Swansea, Ystradgynlais
- OS grid reference
- SN 808 124
- Coordinates
- 51.79783, -3.72932
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
12 Lamb & Flag Cottages, formerly known as the Lamb and Flag Inn, is a house with origins dating back to the late 18th century, though it has undergone significant alterations. The building features white-painted render and a slate roof with close eaves, along with rendered brick end stacks. It stands two storeys high and has a three-window front, showcasing late 20th century leaded hardwood windows.
On the ground floor, there are large casement windows on either side of a stuccoed enclosed porch, which has a 20th-century door to the left and a 20th-century window at the front. A half-glazed door is located within the porch. The first floor includes one window on the left and two smaller windows in the centre and to the right, all featuring hinged top-lights. The ground floor windows have tooled stone sills, while the first floor windows do not have sills. The building has a raised plinth.
To the rear right, there is a long rubble stone wing with a brick ridge stack, while the rear left has a parallel range that extends along the back of No. 14, featuring one window with a hipped roof at the junction with the northeast range and a chimney on the side wall. The property has not been inspected.
Local climate
12 Lamb & Flag Cottages (Former Lamb and Flag Inn) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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