Building to NW of St Mary's Church Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Warehouse.

Building to NW of St Mary's Church Tower

WRENN ID
shadowed-hearth-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Warehouse
Address
Building to NW of St Mary's Church Tower, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 044 285
Coordinates
51.94709, -3.39099
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a two-storey former warehouse located to the northwest of St Mary's Church Tower. It features stone walls and a slate roof that has a hip on the south side. The southeast wall, which faces the church tower, includes a possible medieval window opening on the first floor to the right, made of large chamfered blocks of stone. To the left, there is a window at eaves level, and below it, a wider opening with a brick arched head, supported by massive stone blocks on either side. The northeast elevation has a gable with openings that feature cambered brick heads. On the first floor, there are three openings, including a ledged door to the left of the centre, with a window on either side. The ground floor has two doorways, one located beneath a loft door, along with a window.

Local climate

Building to NW of St Mary's Church Tower sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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