F.H. Sunderland & Co is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. Commercial.

F.H. Sunderland & Co

WRENN ID
sleeping-baluster-nettle
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
F.H. Sunderland & Co, 11 High Town, Hay, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 229 423
Coordinates
52.07445, -3.12604
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

F.H. Sunderland & Co is a three-storey building with a two-window brick front. It features wide bracket eaves and a brick chimney stack located midway up the front verge. The second floor has sash windows, although the glazing bars have been removed. The first floor includes splayed bays with sash glazing above an overall shop front, which is adorned with Victorian Gothic fascia ends supported by brackets and truncated colonnettes, along with panelled end pilasters. The shop window is made of plate glass and curves into a splayed central entrance that has a glazed door. To the right of the entrance, there is another sash window and a ventilation band on the stallriser. The rear elevation of the building is also constructed of brick.

Local climate

F.H. Sunderland & Co 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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