RC Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Therese is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 9 August 2007. Church.

RC Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Therese

WRENN ID
winding-panel-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
9 August 2007
Type
Church
Address
RC Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Therese, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 320 639
Coordinates
52.2691, -2.99717
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Therese is a church built in a simple Mediterranean style, featuring rendered blockwork on a stone plinth with some stone details and a slate roof. The gabled entrance includes a belcote and a deeply-set round-headed doorway, above which is a roundel depicting the Assumption. Each side elevation has two grey slate windows, each with two lights and a circular light above. On the left side, the roofslope extends over a small chapel with small windows on the sides. On the right side, there is an annexe, formerly the Nun's choir, which has four square windows and a porch. The rear of the church connects to a house via a 19th-century corridor that includes vestries.

Inside, the roof features plain scissor trusses and plywood boarding, while the walls are plastered. The sanctuary has two round-headed doorways on the rear wall leading to the sacristy. The rear wall displays a "chi rho" symbol by David Jones. The altar is set on a plinth that is said to contain stones from medieval foundations. To the left, there is a tabernacle on a pier designed by Pollen in 1975, and the chapel has small rectangular stained glass windows by Paul Quail. To the right is the annexe, which also has a scissor truss roof similar to that of the church. Above the entrance doorway, there is an inscription designed by David Jones.

Local climate

RC Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Therese 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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