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

Oakfield

WRENN ID
former-foundation-swallow
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
House
Address
Oakfield, Hay, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 225 413
Coordinates
52.06553, -3.13123
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Oakfield is a 19th-century building featuring a three-window southwest front with a slightly off-center entrance bay. This bay has a broad arched doorway and panelled double doors topped with a traceried fanlight, although the porch has been removed. The northwest front has five windows, including a central bow and lower windows that nearly reach the ground. To the left, there is a two-light cellar window. The northeast front has one window with a 12-pane sash above an Adamesque Venetian window that has a traceried head.

To the left, there is a similar four-window cross range with a stone tile roof, which has a later addition of a third storey featuring small pane casement windows that rise slightly above the eaves, with various sashes below. An outbuilding made of brick and rubble extends at the southeast corner, and another brick outbuilding closes the southeast side of the courtyard, which is overlooked by a small pane sash staircase window with a Gothick head.

Inside, the building retains its original detailing. The square entrance hall leads to an inner staircase hall, which features a curved and cantilevered stone staircase with an open string, S-shaped treads, and some shaped uprights. The interior also includes Regency fireplaces, four-panel doors, and panelled shutters, along with a beaded cornice in the Drawing Room and a modern Adamesque ceiling in the Dining Room that has an arched recess.

Local climate

Oakfield 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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