8 Union Street is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 March 1981. House.
8 Union Street
- WRENN ID
- tall-courtyard-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 March 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8 Union Street, Welshpool
- OS grid reference
- SJ 224 076
- Coordinates
- 52.66106, -3.14755
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
6, 7, and 8 Union Street in Welshpool are notable buildings, with Nos 7 and 8 being a pair of early 19th century houses, as indicated by a datestone on the rear wing of No 7 dated 1829, which may have been re-sited. No 6 appears to be an earlier structure and is a single-celled shop that is currently disused.
Nos 7 and 8 are constructed of brick and topped with a slate roof. They feature an axial stack and a side gable stack towards the rear on the left. The buildings rise to three storeys and are symmetrically designed with outer entrances, each consisting of a single window range. The entrances have four-panelled doors set within shallow wooden porches that have elliptical heads. Each floor includes 12-pane sash windows, with a canted bay window on the ground floor of No 7, and 6-pane sashes on the second storey. All windows are adorned with painted flat-arched heads.
No 6 is a single-storey building that is set back from No 7. It is timber framed and constructed with rubble, also featuring a slate roof that extends forward to create a covered yard supported by turned wood posts. The shop has a single doorway and a shop window that is closed by a panelled shutter.
Together, these buildings represent a simple urban vernacular style, complemented by the early shop building, which adds considerable character to the street.
Local climate
8 Union Street receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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