38 High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Commercial.
38 High Street
- WRENN ID
- last-garret-poplar
- 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
- Commercial
- Address
- 38 High Street, Presteigne
- OS grid reference
- SO 313 644
- Coordinates
- 52.2743, -3.00791
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
38 High Street is a building from the 17th or early 18th century, featuring three storeys with a roughcast gabled front that slightly jetties over the ground floor. It has a slate roof with bargeboards. On the second floor, there is a small four-pane casement window, while the first floor has a four-pane sash window set in a flush surround. The ground floor includes a 19th-century shop front with an overall fascia, panelled pilasters, and a six-light splayed bay with original glazing. The half-glazed door has a moulded surround, and there is a small side window with diamond latticework.
Local climate
38 High Street 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 2014
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