The Fir Tree including stone front wall to garden is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 August 2001. Inn.

The Fir Tree including stone front wall to garden

WRENN ID
low-cobalt-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
3 August 2001
Type
Inn
Address
The Fir Tree including stone front wall to garden, Crickadarn, Builth Wells, Erwood
OS grid reference
SO 089 422
Coordinates
52.07115, -3.32907
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Fir Tree is a former inn dating from the 19th century, constructed of coursed rubble stone with a slate roof and stone end stacks. The building features overhanging gable verges and eaves. It is two storeys high with a three-window south front, which includes 12-pane sash windows, except for the broader central window that has a pair of 8-pane sashes. There is a central 20th-century door with an overlight, along with stone voussoirs and stone sills.

On either side of the main structure are low wings; the right wing has one pair of casement windows, while the left wing features a 16-pane sash window and extends across the end at right angles, with half-hipped gables to the north and south. The north gable has a square shape with a 20th-century 9-pane window above a 20th-century garage door, which has brick sides and a concrete lintel. The west side of the building includes two half-hipped 20th-century dormers and four square windows on the ground floor, while the north end gable has a pair of 12-pane loft windows above another window and door.

The rear of the house has a painted brick northeast wing and a brick lean-to on the right. Additionally, there is a rubble stone garden wall attached to the end of the wing, which features a Victorian letter-box inset. The property has not been inspected.

Local climate

The Fir Tree including stone front wall to garden sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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