Cheese Press is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
Cheese Press
- WRENN ID
- wild-forge-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 September 1986
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Cheese Press, 18 High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1BD
- OS grid reference
- SO 217 184
- Coordinates
- 51.85882, -3.13754
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a Georgian building, likely dating from the 18th century, originally a 3-storey, 2-window structure with a roughcast exterior and a slate roof, hipped at the front, topped by a rendered chimney stack. The front features recessed sash windows; the second floor has 9-pane windows, and the first floor has 12-pane windows. A contemporary shop front has been added, featuring square pillars, a plain fascia, 5-light shop windows, and a part-glazed central door with a fanlight above. The left side of the building is also roughcast and contains sash windows and a 6-panel door with a 3-pane fanlight. A lower, 2-storey extension to the rear steps down with the ground level and includes 1st-floor sash windows.
Local climate
Cheese Press sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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