Goldern Pioneer Travel is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. Commercial building.
Goldern Pioneer Travel
- WRENN ID
- south-sandstone-gilt
- 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 building
- Address
- Goldern Pioneer Travel, 46 Lion Street, Hay, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 229 424
- Coordinates
- 52.07486, -3.12575
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Golden Pioneer Travel is a three-storey building with a three-window facade, constructed from rubble and partially colour washed. It features a slate roof with wide boarded eaves and a central brick chimney stack. The second floor has small pane sash windows, while the right side of the first floor has small pane sash windows, and the other first-floor windows are horned tripartite sashes. There are recessed entrances at either end; the left entrance has a doorcase with reeded pilasters, panelled reveals, and a half-glazed door, while the right entrance has a six-panel part-glazed door. The left side also includes Victorian shop fronts with foliage carved fascia end brackets.
The gable ends are slate hung, and at the rear, there is a rubble cross range shared with the main Golesworthy's building, which is accessed from Broad Street. The rear has three windows, featuring small pane sash and casement windows. There are various outbuildings, one of which has a rubble chimney stack.
Local climate
Goldern Pioneer Travel 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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