2 Buckingham Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 January 1952. A Tudor House.

2 Buckingham Place

WRENN ID
riven-buttress-bistre
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 January 1952
Type
House
Period
Tudor
Address
2 Buckingham Place, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 044 284
Coordinates
51.94664, -3.39214
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Nos 1, 2, and 3 Buckingham Place are a group of stone houses that partially incorporate two wings of a 16th-century house. Nos 1 and 3 are positioned at right angles and are connected diagonally by No 2. The buildings are constructed of stone with slate roofs and consist of two storeys plus attics. The exterior features mainly 19th-century windows with red brick dressings.

No. 2, located in the center, has a gabled dormer that is flanked by gablets. On the first and ground floors, there is one tripartite sash window, and to the left, a doorway with a 19th-century doorcase. There is a small window to the right positioned between the floors. At the rear, there is a gabled attic dormer and a tripartite sash window on the first floor.

Local climate

2 Buckingham Place 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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