Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Myrtle Cottage

WRENN ID
hallowed-moat-myrtle
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
Cottage
Address
Myrtle Cottage, 1&2 Harper's Lane, Presteigne, LD8 2AN
OS grid reference
SO 314 643
Coordinates
52.27325, -3.00557
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Myrtle Cottage is a two-storey, three-window roughcast cottage pair that has been partly modernised but still retains its original studding and brick infill in the walls. The roofs are tiled and slated, with No 2 having a steeper pitch. The cottages feature bargeboards and brick stacks, with rear stacks that have tall rubble bases. The south elevation of No 1 has three paired casements, while No 2 has a single window in the gable end. There is a boarded door located under a narrow hood.

Local climate

Myrtle Cottage 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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