Beacon Pharmacy is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Pharmacy. 4 related planning applications.

Beacon Pharmacy

WRENN ID
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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
Pharmacy
Address
Beacon Pharmacy, 7 the Bulwark, Powys, LD3 7LB
OS grid reference
SO 045 285
Coordinates
51.94692, -3.38974
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Beacon Pharmacy features an early to mid 19th century facade that stands three storeys tall and has two windows. The exterior is pebbledashed, topped with a hipped slate roof. The window openings are adorned with moulded architraves; the second floor has 9-pane sash windows, while the first floor has casement windows complemented by 19th century iron balconies. The ground floor showcases a shop front with a broad round-arched central doorway, framed by a pediment and pilasters. It also includes a fascia and cornice, end pilasters, and small-pane shop windows.

Local climate

Beacon Pharmacy 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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