Norton Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1985. Hotel.

Norton Arms Hotel

WRENN ID
lone-hall-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 September 1985
Type
Hotel
Address
Norton Arms Hotel, Knighton
OS grid reference
SO 286 722
Coordinates
52.34362, -3.04859
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Norton Arms Hotel is a three-storey building with a basement, constructed from rubble with freestone dressings. It features three-storey splayed bays on both the left and right sides, with iron-railed balconies on the first floor that are supported by curved iron brackets. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, and it has very wide bracket eaves adorned with saw-tooth moulding. There are three rubble chimney stacks and three grouped sash windows with wide glazing.

At the center, there is a projecting semi-octagonal porch that has a parapet and a small semi-circular pediment with a shield. The sides of the porch have four-pane lights, and the entrance is a semi-circular arch with a keystone and panelled pilasters. The entrance features a recessed six-panel door with a fanlight and panelled reveals.

To the right, there is a seven-bay gabled and half-timbered building from 1894, which is not considered of special interest. Inside, the hotel retains two-level galleries around the main openwell stair, which has cusped braces and stop-chamfered beams.

Local climate

Norton Arms Hotel 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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