The Wheatsheaf is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
The Wheatsheaf
- WRENN ID
- tattered-wicket-violet
- 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
- Lodge
- Address
- The Wheatsheaf, 4 Wheat Street, Powys, LD3 7DG
- OS grid reference
- SO 044 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94732, -3.39164
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Wheatsheaf is a public house featuring smooth render and a slate roof with brick end stacks. It is two storeys high and has a three-window front. The upper floor has 16-pane hornless sash windows, while the ground floor features 20-pane sashes. The central doorway is adorned with a pediment and pilasters, topped with an entablature.
On the gable end facing Church Lane, there are two storeys and an attic, with a plain bargeboard. To the left, there are four-pane horned sash windows on both the first and ground floors, along with a small attic window. On the right side of the ground floor, there is a doorway with an architrave and cornice supported by consoles, leading to a half-glazed four-panelled door. At the south-east end, there is a short two-storey wing with a window on each floor featuring modern casement glazing, and a ledged door to the right.
Local climate
The Wheatsheaf 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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