6 Lion Street is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 May 1961. House. 1 related planning application.
6 Lion Street
- WRENN ID
- guardian-mantel-wind
- 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
- House
- Address
- 6 Lion Street, Powys, LD3 7AY
- OS grid reference
- SO 045 285
- Coordinates
- 51.94745, -3.38982
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
6 Lion Street is a tall three-storey house with three windows, featuring two parallel ranges. The elevation facing Lion Street has three bays and is roughcast with a slate roof. The chimneys are made of rubble and extended in brick, and there is an eaves cornice. The windows are small-pane horned sash windows with marginal glazing bars, while the second floor has square windows. The doorcase includes pilasters and a cornice, and it holds a six-panelled door.
Inside, there is a good late Georgian interior. The entrance hall has panelled doors and doorcases, along with a round-headed arch. There is an early 19th-century stair leading to the rear. To the left of the entrance, there is a room with a recess framed by fluted Ionic columns.
Local climate
6 Lion Street 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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