10 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 April 1950. House.

10 High Street

WRENN ID
tangled-oriel-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 April 1950
Type
House
Address
10 High Street, Welshpool, SY21 7JP
OS grid reference
SJ 222 076
Coordinates
52.66055, -3.15027
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

10 High Street is a timber-framed building with a concrete tiled roof, believed to have had a house on this site since the early 16th century, though the current facade suggests it was built around 1600. By 1757, it was operating as a public house known as The Upper Sun, and it later served as a lodging house. The building underwent restoration in 1927, during which the present shop front was added, and the timber framing was exposed.

The structure is two storeys high, featuring a main range with a short rear wing that was extended in the 20th century. The exterior showcases box-framing with three tiers of decorative panels, including cusped quatrefoils on the first floor. The shop front consists of an arcade of five bays supported by arched braced timber posts on a stone plinth, with a central doorway flanked by leaded shop windows and a passage entry to the right. A stone mounting block is attached to the left side. The upper windows likely date from the 1927 restoration but fit into earlier openings, as accommodated by the framing. There is also a single gabled dormer window in the roof.

Inside, the building has been heavily remodeled, likely during the 1927 restoration, but it retains an axial beam with a run-out chamfer stop in the left-hand unit, where an internal partition has been removed. This building is of special interest due to the high quality of its decorative framing, representing a fine example of a wealthy urban building from around 1600, and its 20th-century restoration is notable for its vernacular revival style.

Local climate

10 High Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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