Office including rear wing is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 January 1952. Office. 1 related planning application.

Office including rear wing

WRENN ID
floating-parapet-falcon
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 January 1952
Type
Office
Address
Office including rear wing, 11 the Bulwark, Powys, LD3 7AE
OS grid reference
SO 045 284
Coordinates
51.94661, -3.38993
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building, originally a house and now serving as offices, features a stucco exterior. The elevation facing The Bulwark is three storeys high and consists of five bays. The central three bays are slightly set forward and topped with a pediment, flanked by a panelled parapet over the end bays. These end bays are further enhanced by giant Corinthian pilasters on both the first and second floors. A dentil cornice runs along the top, and the windows are horned sash types without glazing bars. The windows on the second and first floors have moulded architraves, while the ground floor is rusticated and includes a central round-headed doorway with a fanlight above it. An iron balcony is present on the first floor.

At the rear, there is a wing connected to No 11 The Bulwark, which has an elevation facing Glamorgan Street. This wing is two storeys tall, pebbledashed, and features a slate roof with a roughcast stack at the northwest end, adjacent to a stack from the 18th century southeast rear wing of the Wellington Hotel. There is also a lean-to addition against the ground floor, dating from the late 19th century or later.

Inside, the hallway boasts an enriched plaster ceiling. A mid-18th century wooden staircase with turned balusters leads to the upper floors, accompanied by wall panelling up to dado level. The ceiling of the stairwell features a contemporary modillion cornice. The windows throughout have fluted architraves and angle blocks with medallions, as well as panelled shutters. The ground floor front room on the left has a modillion cornice, a dado rail, and two elliptically-headed recesses. The ground floor front room on the right includes a 19th-century ceiling rose and an arched recess with Doric pilasters on the rear wall. The grand first-floor room is adorned with a moulded cornice and a deep frieze, along with marble fireplaces.

Local climate

Office including rear wing 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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