Cat and Fiddle is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. A Late C18/Early C19 Public house.

Cat and Fiddle

WRENN ID
second-mortar-sorrel
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
Public house
Address
Cat and Fiddle, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 333 636
Coordinates
52.26717, -2.97834
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cat and Fiddle is a late 18th century to early 19th century building that features a two-storey roughcast front, which is part of an earlier structure. It has a slate roof with a shallow pitch and wide eaves, along with end brick stacks that have a stepped base on the left side. The front has two windows, which are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and a wide timber porch with a pitched roof located at the center.

At the rear, there is a cross-wing that has a higher stone slate roof that sweeps low to each side, with a dormer head on the east side.

Inside, the building retains some timber studding, two ingle-nook fireplaces, and six-panel doors with raised fields, among other features.

Local climate

Cat and Fiddle 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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