Rainbow Cottage including shop on right is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 April 1993. House.
Rainbow Cottage including shop on right
- WRENN ID
- guardian-loft-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1993
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rainbow Cottage including shop on right, 15 High Street, New Radnor
- OS grid reference
- SO 212 609
- Coordinates
- 52.2407, -3.15524
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Rainbow Cottage, which includes a shop on the right, is likely from the early to mid 19th century. It is a two-storey building constructed of painted rubble stone with a slate roof and rubble end stacks that have oversailing courses. The central front door features flush panels and a small overlight beneath a cambered head. The windows are arranged regularly, each with flat voussoir heads, and consist of two or three-light iron casements set in chamfered timber frames, complete with original catches and stays. At the rear, there is a brick extension with a pitched roof that was added in 1951.
Adjoining to the right is a former bakery, now a hairdresser's. This building is one-and-a-half storeys tall, made of painted rubble with a slate roof, and has a wide cambered roof over a glazed door and shop window.
Local climate
Rainbow Cottage including shop on right receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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