Cromwell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 November 1950. Building. 1 related planning application.
Cromwell Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-pilaster-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1950
- Type
- Building
- Address
- Cromwell Cottage, 44&45 Hereford Street, Presteigne, LD8 2AT
- OS grid reference
- SO 315 642
- Coordinates
- 52.2723, -3.00492
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Cromwell Cottage is a fine timber-framed building from the late 16th century or early 17th century, featuring a cross wing on the left side. The front is made of stud and plaster, with two storeys on the left that have projecting bargeboards, and one storey with an attic on the right, which includes paired gabled dormers. The roof is covered with slate, and there is a large rubble chimney stack, heightened in brick, located at the center of the roof, with a lobby entry plan at the former entrance below. There is a second rubble stack with setoffs at the right gable end, along with an arched garden gateway nearby. The building has three windows across the front, with three-light mullioned casements on the left and modern windows on the right. Additionally, there are two boarded doors featuring strapwork hinges.
Local climate
Cromwell Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 13 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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