Old Rectory Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Barn.

Old Rectory Barn

WRENN ID
forbidden-gravel-elm
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
Barn
Address
Old Rectory Barn, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 315 645
Coordinates
52.27482, -3.00514
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Old Rectory Barn is a two-storey structure featuring a roughcast exterior on rubble footings on the left side, while the right side is slightly advanced and constructed of brick. The building is topped with slate roofs. It has two boarded loft doors and three sets of boarded double doors, each with timber lintels.

Inside, the barn retains complete trusses that demonstrate box frame construction, with heavy curved braces positioned under the tie-beam. Some cusped wind braces are still in place. However, the overall condition of the building is deteriorating.

Local climate

Old Rectory Barn 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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