Shop on S Corner is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 July 1995. House.

Shop on S Corner

WRENN ID
dreaming-garret-tide
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
House
Address
Shop on S Corner, Rhayader
OS grid reference
SN 971 679
Coordinates
52.30034, -3.51037
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building, originally from the 17th century, has been altered in the 19th century and later. It features a rendered exterior and a slate roof. The west-facing front has four windows and a large gable. To the left, there is a shopfront with three shallow windows above. To the right, an entrance doorway with a pedimented doorcase is accompanied by a sash window above and a three-light window to the right of the doorway. The return to South Street has a splayed corner and two first-floor sash windows. On the ground floor, there is an entrance doorway to the left and two shop windows, with the left window featuring a bracketed architrave, while a similar architrave has been lost on the right window.

Local climate

Shop on S Corner sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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