Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. A Medieval Tower.

Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place

WRENN ID
idle-tower-sorrel
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
Tower
Period
Medieval
Address
Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 Buckingham Place, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 044 284
Coordinates
51.94595, -3.39196
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The structure is a ruined medieval tower made of stone, located at the rear of No. 3 Buckingham Place. It has a rectangular shape but was heavily overgrown with vegetation in 2005. On either side of the central opening, the beginnings of the springing of an arch can be seen.

Local climate

Tower of Medieval Town Wall to rear of No.3 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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