Block 12 at Barracks is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. House - terrace.

Block 12 at Barracks

WRENN ID
lost-solder-wagtail
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
House - terrace
Address
Block 12 at Barracks, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 050 282
Coordinates
51.94467, -3.38337
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Block 12 at the Barracks is a three-storey building with a 12-window facade facing the Parade Ground. It features a hipped slate roof, ashlar chimney stacks, and projecting eaves. The exterior is constructed of grey stone laid in regular courses, with a band at the first floor sill level. The ground floor is rusticated, and there is a plinth. Doorways are located in the third and eighth bays from the left. The building has twelve-pane horned sash windows.

Local climate

Block 12 at Barracks 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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