52 High Street Inferior is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

52 High Street Inferior

WRENN ID
stranded-tallow-snow
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
Shop
Address
52 High Street Inferior, Powys, LD3 7AP
OS grid reference
SO 044 285
Coordinates
51.94725, -3.39089
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a shop with living space above, dating from the 19th century. It features a painted brick front and stands three storeys tall with two windows, including a band at the second floor level. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. The window openings have plain reveals and are fitted with hornless sash windows, with 9-pane glazing on the top floor and 12-pane glazing on the first floor. The shop front on the ground floor has been altered. At the rear, facing Church Lane, the elevation is roughcast and has horned sash windows on the upper floors.

Local climate

52 High Street Inferior 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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