St. David's House is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Bridge. 7 related planning applications.

St. David's House

WRENN ID
solitary-niche-azure
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
Bridge
Address
St. David's House, St David's Street, Presteigne, LD8 2BP
OS grid reference
SO 313 645
Coordinates
52.27489, -3.00778
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

St. David's House is an early 19th-century building of two storeys and three windows, originally built with roughcast rendering over a stone base. It has a steep hipped slate roof with wide eaves and brick stacks. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in plain reveals with a flush frame to the centre. A central doorway features a dentil cornice, panelled pilasters, and a recessed six-panel door with panelled reveals.

A lower, gabled rear range extends from the main building, with a built-out ground floor and exposed 17th-century timber framing visible in the gable end. This range includes a first-floor horizontal sliding sash window and a pediment over a garden door. A further rear range, constructed of later brickwork, incorporates a large stone stack that adjoins the Bull Hotel. Early 19th-century iron railings define the forecourt. A roughly built garden wall, approximately six feet high with a coursed base, runs along the right side of the front, extending as far as the Manor House. The interior is said to retain good 18th-century panelling and a hall with a box frame dating to around 1500.

Local climate

St. David's House 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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Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Bull Hotel Grade II 13 m
  2. Outbuilding and Boundary Wall to NE of Warden Court Grade II 21 m
  3. Warden Court Grade II 30 m
  4. Manor Cottage Grade II 35 m
  5. The Manor House (formerly The Rectory) Grade II* 37 m
  6. Garden Walls at Warden Court Grade II 37 m
  7. Greystones Grade II 45 m
  8. Boundary Wall between Garage at No.2 and Coach House to Manor House Grade II 50 m
  9. Coach House to rear of Manor House Grade II 51 m
  10. Boundary Wall with doorway to right of Manor House Grade II 54 m