Bircher Close is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. House.
Bircher Close
- WRENN ID
- blind-paling-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bircher Close, Norton, Presteigne
- OS grid reference
- SO 304 671
- Coordinates
- 52.29847, -3.02174
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bircher Close is an early 19th-century, two-storey building facing south, with earlier origins. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble and features a hipped slate roof that sweeps towards wide eaves. There are brick stacks at both ends, with the left stack positioned in the middle of the roof. The front has three sash windows with glazing bars set in plain reveals. The central entrance is highlighted by an open pediment doorpiece. The rear elevation includes arched window heads and a lean-to extension.
Local climate
Bircher Close 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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