Quarryworkers Cottages at Aberclydach is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 January 1998. Residential.
Quarryworkers Cottages at Aberclydach
- WRENN ID
- leaning-corridor-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 January 1998
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Quarryworkers Cottages at Aberclydach, Talybont, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 102 213
- Coordinates
- 51.88352, -3.30489
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Quarryworkers Cottages at Aberclydach are a pair of industrial housing units built in a dual row plan. The design features two cottages that are accessed at a higher level at the front, which sit above two cottages that are entered at ground floor level at the rear. This arrangement creates a tall and narrow structure. The cottages are constructed from stone rubble that was once limewashed, and they now have a corrugated roof with a central ridge and an end stack, likely shared by the two cottages vertically.
At the rear, the two lower cottage doorways have planked doors and are flanked by windows. Above these are small windows on the ground floor and very small windows on the first floor. The front of the building facing the lane also has two doors flanked by windows, with small openings on the first floor, some of which have been blocked.
Local climate
Quarryworkers Cottages at Aberclydach sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 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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