Oakview including Bethany Books is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 April 1989. House.

Oakview including Bethany Books

WRENN ID
half-garret-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 April 1989
Type
House
Address
Oakview including Bethany Books, 1 High Street, Llanidloes
OS grid reference
SN 955 844
Coordinates
52.44796, -3.5379
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Oakview, which includes Bethany Books, likely has its origins in the mid-18th century and underwent refronting in the mid to late 18th century. It is a two-storey building with an attic and features a three-window rendered front with a plinth. The slate roof has wide bracket eaves and red brick chimney stacks, with the one on the right being part cement rendered. The building has gabled dormers with cills positioned below the eaves level, and it contains horned sash windows, except for a modern window located on the ground floor to the right, which is above a cambered basement opening. The front also includes a plain Victorian shop front and a splayed central entrance with double half-glazed doors.

The gable end facing Cambrian Place features one sash attic window and a Georgian open pedimented doorcase with fluted brackets, panelled reveals, and a six-panel door. The rear is constructed of whitewashed brick and has a tall round arched headed stairwell window with small pane glazing. A two-storey half-timbered cross range extends to the modern Minerva garage. A brick wall, set forward to the street, encloses a small rear yard that is accessed through a boarded door.

Inside, the building retains original Georgian detailing, including a broad dog leg staircase with a swept-up handrail and a turned newel. The kitchen has boxed in beams and is said to have been formerly a cowshed.

Local climate

Oakview including Bethany Books sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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