Harley's Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 February 1988. A Early Victorian Almshouses.
Harley's Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- dim-cloister-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1988
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Harley's Almhouses, 12 Brecon Road, Hay, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 225 419
- Coordinates
- 52.07077, -3.13066
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Harley's Almshouses, built in 1836 by Frances Harley in memory of her sister Martha Harley, are primarily a single-storey structure, except for Nos. 6 and 7, which are two-storey with one window front. The buildings are constructed from coursed rubble with a plinth and feature a slate roof with overhanging eaves. The brick chimney stacks are set diagonally, with the taller stacks located at the centre, flanking a two-window pebbledash gable for Nos. 6 and 7.
The windows and door openings have voussoir lintels and include paired casement windows with diamond leaded glazing and boarded shutters that have C-shaped fastenings, along with boarded doors. There are slated lean-to hoods over the entrances, which are twinned except for the end houses. A 1927 addition features casement windows, a crucifix above the datestone, and a coat of arms set in a diamond recess. A modern tablet below the coat of arms states, "Harley Almshouses, these almshouses were built and endowed by Frances Harley in memory of her Sister Martha Harley of Trebarried in 1836, they were modernised in 1974."
The rear of the building has modern windows and a central lean-to.
Local climate
Harley's Almhouses receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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