Shelter and Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 July 1995. Chimney. 1 related planning application.
Shelter and Fountain
- WRENN ID
- upper-floor-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 July 1995
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Shelter and Fountain, Elan Village, Rhayader, LD6 5HP
- OS grid reference
- SN 932 649
- Coordinates
- 52.2725, -3.56606
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This shelter and fountain dates to an unknown period. It is constructed with stone walls and a hipped slate roof supported by square wooden posts. The shelter has stone walls on either side, with a taller, centrally curved section at the top, flanked by lower sections that support the posts. A stone dividing wall separates the two sides. A datestone and a drinking water fountain are incorporated into the side facing the road.
Local climate
Shelter and Fountain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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