F.E.Richards, Butcher & Floriana (above) is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Commercial.

F.E.Richards, Butcher & Floriana (above)

WRENN ID
winter-vault-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 September 1986
Type
Commercial
Address
F.E.Richards, Butcher & Floriana (above), 55 High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1BH
OS grid reference
SO 217 184
Coordinates
51.85881, -3.13706
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building, known as F.E. Richards, Butcher & Floriana, features a steep slate roof, boxed eaves, and a roughcast chimney stack on the left, which likely originally had another chimney on the right that has since been roofed over. The first floor has two 16-pane sash windows with thick glazing bars and flush frames, while the Corn Exchange part to the right has a modern window. The shop front is a later addition, made of corrugated material, with a cross-windowed design, a public house entrance on the right, and a splayed shop entrance on the left.

The roughcast gable end wall facing Beaufort Street once had a 'Round House' extension, as depicted in a view from 1750. This wall now features an exposed chimney breast that is corbelled at the top of the ground floor. There are two small-pane sash windows with broad architraves, including one in the attic.

The main part of the Corn Exchange Inn is no longer considered to have special interest. Floriana, which is adjacent to the left, occupies the first floor and attic of the property above the shop. The interior retains chamfered beams in the main room and tenoned purlins in the roof structure.

Local climate

F.E.Richards, Butcher & Floriana (above) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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