The Haywain is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. Commercial.
The Haywain
- WRENN ID
- dusted-ember-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1988
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- The Haywain, 18 High Town, Hay, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 229 423
- Coordinates
- 52.07435, -3.12495
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Haywain is a three-storey building with a two-window rubble front, dating from the 19th century. It features a slate roof with flush eaves and a brick chimney stack on the left. The front has horned small pane sash windows that are topped with voussoir lintels. The shop front is plain and slightly overlaps the adjoining property, with pilasters, half-glazed double doors, and a trefoil pierced stallriser.
The left side facing Bull Ring is rendered, while the rear, which faces Market Street, is also three-storey and constructed of rubble. It has small pane windows on the second floor, consisting of one sash and one hopper window. Below, there are sash windows without glazing bars and a half-glazed door that is offset to the left, all featuring voussoir lintels and stone cills.
Local climate
The Haywain receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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