Presteigne Autopart & Rookery Books is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.
Presteigne Autopart & Rookery Books
- WRENN ID
- endless-niche-birch
- 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
- Commercial building
- Address
- Presteigne Autopart & Rookery Books, 6 & 7 High Street, LD8 2BA
- OS grid reference
- SO 313 644
- Coordinates
- 52.27381, -3.00689
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This building comprises a shop with associated bookshop, likely dating to the 18th century. The front features projecting double shop fronts distinguished by richly carved brackets and what appear to be Ionic corbels supporting the fascia. The ground floor has panelled stall risers and a recessed boarded door on the left. Windows include two-light casement windows (one horizontal sliding sash) on the second floor, a fixed frame also on the second floor, and two double-hung sashes with glazing bars, along with a later splayed bay on the first floor. The rear of the building has a brick extension with a box frame.
Local climate
Presteigne Autopart & Rookery Books 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 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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