The Three Tuns P.H. is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Three Tuns P.H.

WRENN ID
steep-stair-indigo
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
The Three Tuns P.H., 4 Broad Street, Hay, Powys, HR3 5DB
OS grid reference
SO 229 425
Coordinates
52.07593, -3.12586
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Three Tuns Public House is an early 17th-century building that incorporates part of a 16th-century timber-framed structure with a three-bay cruck truss, which is largely encased in stone. It is two stories high with a three-window front that features roughcast over close studding and a plinth. The building has two gables towards the corner, with the one on the left being broader. The slate roof is topped with a massive central chimney stack that has been heightened in brick.

On the left side, there are paired horned sash windows in a flush frame above a three-light bar window with a cornice. Various horned sash windows are present on the right side. The central doorcase is adorned with a bracket hood, fluted pilasters, and a boarded door. There is an additional three-light bar window on the left gable end, which features a broader staircase, a bracket hood, and double doors.

At the rear, there is a single-storey rubble cross range that adjoins Bridge Street. This section has a stone chimney stack that has also been heightened in brick, along with two small sash windows and mounting steps in the angle to the front. A timber lintel is present over a blocked window in the rear gable end, and the right rear is made of whitewashed rubble.

The original roof structure has not been seen, but it is said to retain a dog-leg staircase and post and panel partitions.

Local climate

The Three Tuns P.H. 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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