Pemberton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. A C17 Cottage.

Pemberton Cottage

WRENN ID
long-timber-swift
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
Cottage
Address
Pemberton Cottage, Hay, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 230 423
Coordinates
52.07421, -3.12435
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pemberton Cottage is a 2-storey building with a 2-window front, which has origins that may date back to the 17th century and possibly features timber framing. The exterior is finished in pebbledash with a plinth. It has a slate roof with overhanging eaves and a higher cross range at the right rear, topped with a rubble chimney stack. The first floor has two small-pane casement windows, while below, there is a central tripartite small-pane sash window. The entrance is located to the left and features a bracketed hood, broad grooved pilasters, panelled reveals, and a 4-panel door. To the right, there is a blocked entrance that has a similar raised hood and a horned small-pane sash window.

Local climate

Pemberton Cottage 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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