3 Union Street is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 May 1988. Industrial terrace.
3 Union Street
- WRENN ID
- steep-rotunda-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1988
- Type
- Industrial terrace
- Address
- 3 Union Street, Penygloddfa, Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
- OS grid reference
- SO 106 919
- Coordinates
- 52.51817, -3.3181
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
3 Union Street is part of a three-storey industrial terrace located at 1-5 Union Street in Penygloddfa, Newtown. The terrace consists of two-storey, one-window houses with weaving lofts above. The buildings are constructed from English garden wall bond brick, with Nos 3, 4, and 5 being painted. The roof is gently pitched and covered with slate, with older slate on Nos 1 and 2. The eaves feature a saw-toothed cornice, and No 1 has a brace plate. There are lateral chimneys at the rear.
The weaving lofts above Nos 1 and 2 have three-light casements, while the other windows are modern. The first and ground floors of Nos 1, 2, and 5 have cross windows, with other windows also being modern. The windows are topped with cambered header arches and have shallow reveals without sills. There is a cut window flanking the door to No 5. The doorcases are plain with brackets supporting the dripboards, and the doors are modern. At the rear, there is a later continuous lean-to outshut.
Local climate
3 Union Street sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
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