88 The Watton is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.

88 The Watton

WRENN ID
night-finial-yew
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
House
Address
88 The Watton, Powys, LD3 7EN
OS grid reference
SO 049 281
Coordinates
51.94387, -3.38397
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Nos. 88 and 89 The Watton are a two-storey, three-window building with a stucco facade. The ends feature pilasters with capitals decorated with egg and dart ornamentation. The roof is slate, with brick stacks at each end of the main block.

Nos. 88 and 89 are symmetrical in design. The central bay projects slightly forward, featuring a four-pane sash window on the first floor. Below it is a narrow sill band and a deep, segmental-headed arch providing access through the ground floor. The left-hand bay has a large six-pane sash window on the first floor, and a modern shop front below. The right-hand bay incorporates modern paired sash windows on the first floor and a showroom on the ground floor.

Local climate

88 The Watton 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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