Dangerous Corner

 Dangerous for the house, that is!

When I went out this morning, workmen had blocked off the pavement at the corner of Broad Street and the road to the Bridge, because something had bashed the corner of the roof of Black Swan Cottage.  It's fairly high up, so presumably a lorry did it.

Black Swan Cottage has been hit by vehicles turning the tight corner before, though usually they get the bay window at the side.  It's also a listed building, so it's not straightforward to get the repairs done to the required standard.  They can't, for instance, remove the bay window and make the wall flat.

There's a bollard on the pavement, and the owner of the building has asked before if it could be moved a bit further out to give more protection to the building, but so far Powys County Council haven't done anything about it.

Meanwhile on the other side of the road, at the Three Tuns, there's an old mounting block, once used to help riders mount their horses, and behind it is a corner that sticks out from the main building.  That's been hit recently, too, and loose mortar and bits of stone are lying on the top step of the mounting block.

Years ago, in Talgarth, the old Mill building in the middle of town used to get hit by lorries on a regular basis, leading the owners to put a sign up saying "Car Transporter - Please Do Not Hit This House Again" or words to that effect.  This was before the Mill was restored.  That problem has been sorted out because big lorries now go on the new road around Talgarth rather than through the middle.  The problem on the corner in Hay is similar, but it would be more difficult to find an alternative route for the lorries.