6 Tower Street is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.
6 Tower Street
- WRENN ID
- high-gutter-merlin
- 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 building
- Address
- 6 Tower Street, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1BL
- OS grid reference
- SO 217 183
- Coordinates
- 51.85826, -3.13695
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
6 and 8 Tower Street are a group of early 18th-century buildings, originally a row of ten, with subsequent alterations. The facades are varied, with some stucco and roughcast, whitewashed plaster first floors, and others exhibiting a more traditional appearance. Numbers 4 and 7 are emphasised as advanced pavilions, with number 4 further highlighted by a pedimented cross-gable. The buildings have slate roofs with boarded eaves and chimney stacks of both brick and cement render. The windows are recessed 12-pane sashes throughout, with a single-pane sash window replacing a former arched doorway at number 3. Original arched entrances, incorporating keystones, are present at numbers 4 to 7, leading to four-panel doors at numbers 1, 3 and 7, and a five-pane fanlight at number 4. Number 7 has a corner frontage with a chamfered corner, leading to a three-window dry-dash front for number 8. Number 49 features deep pilasters on the ground floor, and a large shop window.
Local climate
6 Tower Street 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- 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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