3 The Bulwark is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Shop. 1 related planning application.
3 The Bulwark
- WRENN ID
- still-trefoil-scarlet
- 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
- 3 The Bulwark, Powys, LD3 7LB
- OS grid reference
- SO 046 284
- Coordinates
- 51.94661, -3.38932
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
3 The Bulwark is a shop with accommodation above, built in the 19th century. It has a stuccoed front that rises three storeys, featuring bands between the floors. The façade includes three windows with moulded architraves facing The Bulwark and is topped with a slate roof. The windows are four-pane sash windows set in moulded architraves, and there is a three-light canted bay window in the centre bay on the first floor. The ground floor has a shop front with a central doorway, a fascia and cornice, and fluted pilasters at each end.
Local climate
3 The Bulwark 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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