Garden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. House.

Garden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern

WRENN ID
graven-chimney-shade
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
Address
Garden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 043 288
Coordinates
51.94975, -3.39264
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The garden retaining wall for Nos. 11 and 12 The Postern is a high stone structure that has been colourwashed in front of No. 12. The wall features a contemporary flight of stone steps that rises through the center.

Local climate

Garden Retaining Wall to Nos.11 & 12 The Postern 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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