Butter Market is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 24 October 1951. Market.

Butter Market

WRENN ID
bitter-steel-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
24 October 1951
Type
Market
Address
Butter Market, Hay, Powys, HR3 5AF
OS grid reference
SO 229 423
Coordinates
52.07438, -3.12531
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Butter Market is a Grade II listed building that resembles a small Doric temple. It features a rubble open colonnaded structure with three bays by nine. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, and there is a cornice and plain entablature above cylindrical columns that have entasis, resting on a rubble base. The building has higher entrances on the north and south sides, which are fitted with blocking courses and segmental arched openings that include voussoirs.

Inside, there is a six-bay timber roof supported by king-post trusses. A plaque on the south side indicates that the building was restored by members of the Warren Club in 1984 and was opened by Mr. Bert Breeze BEM.

Local climate

Butter Market 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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