13 The Bulwark is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.

13 The Bulwark

WRENN ID
veiled-portal-hazel
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
House
Address
13 The Bulwark, Powys, LD3 7AD
OS grid reference
SO 045 284
Coordinates
51.94654, -3.38955
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

13 The Bulwark is a three-storey building featuring a pebbledashed exterior and a stone plinth. It has a slate roof with flanking stacks and overhanging eaves. The front facing The Bulwark has three windows, which are small pane hornless sash windows. The second floor has twelve-pane sashes arranged in a 4 over 8 configuration, while the first floor has 16-pane sashes. On the ground floor, there is a central bay that includes a moulded wooden doorcase with an open pediment, fluted pilasters, panelled reveals, a fanlight, and a six-panelled door, which is flanked by tripartite sash windows. The ground floor rooms feature round-headed niches, and there is a contemporary staircase with straight balusters and turned newels.

Local climate

13 The Bulwark 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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