Garrod's Newsagents is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 September 1986. Church. 1 related planning application.
Garrod's Newsagents
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-spindle-crimson
- 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
- Church
- Address
- Garrod's Newsagents, 51 High Street, Crickhowell, Powys, NP8 1BH
- OS grid reference
- SO 217 183
- Coordinates
- 51.85853, -3.13743
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Garrod's Newsagents is a group of simple classical buildings dating from the 19th century. They are two stories high with two-window fronts, featuring a combination of stucco and roughcast finishes, along with plinths and a cill band. The roofs are covered with slate, and there are projecting eaves and cement render chimney stacks.
The first-floor windows are small-pane and offset to Nos 50 and 51. The shop front of No 49 has multiple panes and is flanked by deep pilasters. No 50 has two sash windows on the ground floor, which include glazing bars on the upper sash, while No 51 features a later shop front with semicircular headed lights.
Each entrance is arched and consists of two orders; No 49 has a modern door, while Nos 50 and 51 have panelled doors with traceried fanlights above. Additionally, there is a half-glazed shop door located on the splayed corner.
Local climate
Garrod's Newsagents 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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