4b Lion Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1961. Commercial. 1 related planning application.
4b Lion Yard
- WRENN ID
- little-tower-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1961
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 4b Lion Yard, Powys, LD3 7BA
- OS grid reference
- SO 045 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94748, -3.38994
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
4a and 4b Lion Yard is a two-storey building constructed from exposed stone, topped with a hipped slate roof. The facade facing Lion Street features a single-window bay, which includes a four-pane sash window on each floor and has a splayed corner. On the side facing Lion Yard, there is a two-storey range with five windows. Most of these are sash windows that are three panes wide. The upper windows have heads that align with the eaves; the windows in the third and fifth bays from the left are square, while the others are rectangular. The lower windows have brick segmental heads. At the southwest end, there is a doorway with a moulded architrave, paterae at the angles, and a cornice; it features a six-panelled door with a semi-circular fanlight above. There is a plain doorway located in the second bay.
Local climate
4b Lion Yard 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- 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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