Water Standpost / Fire Hydrant is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 March 1996. Fire hydrant. 5 related planning applications.
Water Standpost / Fire Hydrant
- WRENN ID
- sharp-groin-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1996
- Type
- Fire hydrant
- Address
- Water Standpost / Fire Hydrant, Llanerfyl, SY21 0EG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 033 097
- Coordinates
- 52.67674, -3.43065
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a cast iron water standpost and fire hydrant, likely dating to the Victorian era. It is constructed as a moulded column standing on a plain, rounded base secured to the ground by a flat plate. The column is fluted, with six flutes on the east and west sides and a single flute on the north and south sides. Above the column is a disc with rounded sides, topped by a dome with a flat top and a rounded pinnacle. A screw tap is affixed to the disc, and three sockets are positioned at irregular intervals. A spout is located just beneath the disc on the east side, and a large, roughly rectangular iron lacework bucket stand is bolted to the column’s base. The group value of this standpost stems from its rarity and good condition, representative of Victorian civic infrastructure.
Local climate
Water Standpost / Fire Hydrant sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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