Rafa Club is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1985. Club. 2 related planning applications.
Rafa Club
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1985
- Type
- Club
- Address
- Rafa Club, 14 High Street, Knighton, LD7 1AT
- OS grid reference
- SO 284 723
- Coordinates
- 52.34439, -3.05146
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Rafa Club is a two-storey building with a basement, dating from 1837. It features three rendered fronts and roughcast quoins, topped by a hipped slate roof with wide eaves and two brick stacks at the ends. Each front has two windows, although some openings are blocked. The upper floor on the south side has 12-pane sash windows with plain reveals. On the north side, there is a shop front that includes a plain cornice and pilasters on the sides, along with a recessed door. The south side has a pedimented doorpiece on curved brackets, also with a recessed door. A date plaque on the west side indicates the year of construction as 1837.
Local climate
Rafa Club receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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