The Tennis Pavilion is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. Pavilion. 9 related planning applications.

The Tennis Pavilion

WRENN ID
errant-pilaster-aspen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 December 1998
Type
Pavilion
Address
The Tennis Pavilion, Buckland, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys, LD3 7JJ
OS grid reference
SO 132 216
Coordinates
51.88664, -3.26179
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Tennis Pavilion is an octagonal building constructed with pegged timber framing and rendered infill, set on a stone plinth, topped with a stone tiled roof. The roof features hipped gabled dormers with lead finials on the sides, a stone chimney at the rear, and deep overhanging sprocketed swept eaves. The windows are wooden framed, incorporating mullions and lattice glazing.

At the front, facing the park, there is a three-sided verandah accessed by four stone steps, featuring open timber framing with braces and a balustrade. Inside the verandah, the polygonal entrance bay runs parallel to the outer octagon and includes a central doorway made of four pegged timber panels with lattice glazing and trefoil heads above each light. On either side of the entrance are paired double-light timber-framed lattice windows, with additional double lights in the angled return. At the rear, there is a timber framed doorway with a planked door, and the side and rear windows consist of single, double, and triple lights.

The interior contains a large central octagonal room that is open to the roof and illuminated by the dormers. This room features a central Tudor-arched fireplace with a chimney breast facing the door. To the right and left are former male and female changing rooms, with a kitchen at the rear and an added bathroom. The flooring is parquet, and the ceiling beams have hollow mouldings.

Local climate

The Tennis Pavilion sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 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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