Manchester House including Just Jill and Sparey Newsagent is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. House, shop.

Manchester House including Just Jill and Sparey Newsagent

WRENN ID
watchful-wicket-mallow
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, shop
Address
Manchester House including Just Jill and Sparey Newsagent, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 313 644
Coordinates
52.27354, -3.00688
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Manchester House, which includes Just Jill and Sparey Newsagent, is a three-storey building with a three-window facade dating from the later Georgian period. The front is constructed of red brick that is not bonded with the adjoining structure. It features a slate roof that sweeps down to projecting eaves, end bargeboards, and a large brick stack on the right gable. The windows are double-hung sash and case style, complete with glazing bars, rubbed brick work above the window heads, plain reveals, and window box holders at the first floor. The shop front, which is overall from the 19th century, has recessed central doors and panelled pilasters with foliage consoles supporting a moulded cornice.

At the rear, there is a low 17th-century range made of rendered rubble and timber framing, topped with a stone slab roof. Inside, it is said to retain a section of linenfold panelling.

Local climate

Manchester House including Just Jill and Sparey Newsagent 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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