Old Rectory is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 November 1950. A Georgian Residential.
Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- cold-dormer-thistle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1950
- Type
- Residential
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Old Rectory, Presteigne
- OS grid reference
- SO 315 645
- Coordinates
- 52.2745, -3.00508
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a two-storey building featuring a red brick frontage, with a section set back on the left. It has slate roofs that are hipped to the side ranges and tall brick stacks, along with brick band-courses. The Georgian centre block showcases double hung sashes beneath cambered brick heads, with flush-set frames and thick glazing bars. The sashes on the right have slender glazing bars. The entrance has a plane stone architrave and cornice above a six-panel door, and there is a lean-to conservatory on the right.
Inside, the building retains a well-preserved 18th-century panelled room on the ground floor, along with an entrance hall that features an arched opening leading to a fine staircase at the rear.
Local climate
Old Rectory receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
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