Oxford House (National Westminster Bank) is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. Bank.
Oxford House (National Westminster Bank)
- WRENN ID
- ragged-plinth-lichen
- 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
- Bank
- Address
- Oxford House (National Westminster Bank), Hay, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 230 422
- Coordinates
- 52.07359, -3.12449
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Oxford House, formerly the National Westminster Bank, features a prominent single-storey classical 4-bay ashlar extension built in 1929. The front includes a cornice parapet and plinth, with hopper windows that have marginal glazing bars, architraves, and a cornice above. To the left, there is a console bracketed hood over a recessed entrance that has panelled double doors and a traceried fanlight. The front also showcases scribed render leading to a Georgian building behind, topped with a modern slate roof. The right end is mainly constructed of rubble, featuring an advanced chimney breast and a taller cross range added later, indicated by a vertical joint, with the rear roof pitch raised accordingly. A cornice extends from the right of the chimney breast around another extension, likely from 1929, which has vermiculated raised quoins and a plain doorcase. Small pane sash windows are present throughout, with modern lintels on the older part and architraves on the extension. The rear is made of whitewashed rubble.
The front right has rubble walls with railings that curve back to rusticated gate piers and gates. Inside, the building retains panelled shutters. A major renovation was underway at the time of inspection in May 1987.
Local climate
Oxford House (National Westminster Bank) 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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