Powell Art Centre, Christ College is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1961. House.
Powell Art Centre, Christ College
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- 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
- House
- Address
- Powell Art Centre, Christ College, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 042 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94731, -3.39423
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Powell Art Centre at Christ College is a three-storey building situated alongside the River Usk. It consists of two blocks, with a narrower block at the rear (south) that features five 12-pane sash windows on the top floor. The building has a hipped slate roof with projecting eaves. The narrow street-facing elevation is finished in stucco, while the rest of the structure is covered in painted pebbledash. On the top floor of the street elevation, there is a single 12-pane sash window. The first floor includes a canted oriel window with small-pane glazing and a slate roof. To the left on the ground floor, there is a doorcase with an architrave, pilasters, a cornice on consoles, and a six-panelled door.
The main block facing the river has five 12-pane sash windows on the top floor, with the left window positioned at a lower level. On the first floor, there are two 16-pane sash windows. The rear wing features two 12-pane sash windows on the top floor and a single 16-pane sash window on the first floor, while the ground floor has modern openings throughout. The main block facing southwest has four 12-pane sash windows on the top floor, one 16-pane sash window, and two 12-pane sash windows on the first floor, along with a single small-pane sash window on the ground floor. The rear wing again has two 12-pane sash windows on the top two floors, with modern openings on the ground floor.
Local climate
Powell Art Centre, Christ College 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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