Former Pumphouse at Victoria Wells is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 April 2010. Pumphouse.
Former Pumphouse at Victoria Wells
- WRENN ID
- grey-jade-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 April 2010
- Type
- Pumphouse
- Address
- Former Pumphouse at Victoria Wells, Llanwrtyd Wells
- OS grid reference
- SN 867 469
- Coordinates
- 52.10963, -3.65519
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The former pumphouse at Victoria Wells is a single-storey building designed in a pavilion style. It features a main southeast-facing range with a contemporary addition that has a gabled roof on the left side. The structure is timber clad and topped with a slate roof, showcasing crenellated ridges, finials, and wide decorative bargeboards along the deep eaves. The main range includes a nearly continuous row of windows, which are interrupted by simple vertical glazing. The main entrance is offset to the right, leading to a continuous veranda at the front.
The later extension on the left has a central doorway with a newer door and a canopy above. It also features tripartite windows on both the right gable and the rear gable of the extension. At the back, there is a lean-to extension that is likely original but has altered glazing and does not span the full width of the building.
Inside, the pumphouse has been sub-divided for chalet accommodation but still retains timber board linings on the walls and ceiling. The left section of the main range is said to contain the original well, which is now capped.
Local climate
Former Pumphouse at Victoria Wells sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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