40 High Street Inferior is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1961. A Victorian Shop.

40 High Street Inferior

WRENN ID
salt-niche-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 May 1961
Type
Shop
Period
Victorian
Address
40 High Street Inferior, Powys, LD3 7AL
OS grid reference
SO 044 286
Coordinates
51.94788, -3.39147
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building is a three-storey shop with living accommodation above, dating from the Victorian era. It is constructed of painted brick and features a decorative band between the first and second floors. The main elevation faces north and includes two windows beneath a hipped slate roof with modillion eaves. The second floor has nine-pane sash windows, while the first floor boasts 12-pane sashes.

The shop front is particularly notable, featuring a central bowed and half-glazed double door, flanked by two bowed windows with three-centred headed lights. The shop front is enhanced by a casing of pilasters, a fascia, and a modillion cornice.

On the east side, there is a single small-pane sash window on each floor, positioned towards the rear. The west side also has a single small-pane sash window on the first and second floors, set towards the rear, along with a small doorway below. To the left, there is a round-headed doorway with a pedimented doorcase.

Local climate

40 High Street Inferior 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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