The Almonry is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 January 1952. House.

The Almonry

WRENN ID
silver-doorway-reed
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 January 1952
Type
House
Address
The Almonry, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 043 290
Coordinates
51.95139, -3.39255
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Almonry is a two-storey building with a southwest elevation featuring three windows. It is constructed of stone and has a roof made of small stone slates. The building has tall chimneys located at the center and the right end. On the first floor, there are three casement windows positioned at the eaves. The ground floor also has three casement windows, which are set in cambered heads. A gabled weatherboarded porch is present at the front. The right side of the building has two windows, while the left side features a window on each floor and a blocked medieval doorway. At the rear, the fenestration is irregular, with a medieval lancet window located on the ground floor.

Local climate

The Almonry sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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