11 The Postern is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Cottage.

11 The Postern

WRENN ID
empty-ember-dust
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
Cottage
Address
11 The Postern, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 043 288
Coordinates
51.9498, -3.39272
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

11 The Postern is a pair of two-storey cottages, numbered 11 and 12. Each cottage has one window bay and an inner doorway. They feature a slate roof and brick chimneys at both ends. The front is cement rendered, and there are small modern two-light wood casement windows set in the original cambered headed openings. The doorways have half-glazed modern doors.

Local climate

11 The Postern 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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