Fir House is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1997. Residential building.

Fir House

WRENN ID
tired-eave-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1997
Type
Residential building
Address
Fir House, Gregynog, Tregynon
OS grid reference
SO 072 970
Coordinates
52.56363, -3.36978
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Fir House is a two-storey building constructed of rendered concrete, featuring a slate roof and Gothic detailing. It has integral lean-tos on the right side and at the rear. The front facade has four windows with angle pilaster strips, moulded architraves, and a plat band. The windows include concrete mullions with round-headed lights: three-light in the upper storey, two-light above the porch, and four-light in the lower storey, all incorporating iron frame casements. The porch, located to the left of centre, has a pointed arch and a slate roof. There are axial stacks at the left end and to the right of centre. The right lean-to has a 20th-century casement in its lateral wall. The rear elevation features similar windows to the front but with plainer architraves, and to the left is an original lean-to with additional lean-tos added in the late 20th century.

Inside, the building retains its original subdivision, although internal openings between the sections are now blocked off. The servants' quarters, which now serves as a holiday cottage, occupy the unit to the right with lean-tos. All internal partition walls are made of concrete, and the ground floor is reportedly laid with concrete slabs. The roof is said to consist of cast iron rafters and concrete slabs, over which slates were laid. The main house includes a central stair hall with a straight concrete stair that has a concrete handrail moulded into the wall. There are two units in the lower storey; the room to the right features a fireplace with a concrete overmantle on brackets and a timber spine beam with exposed joists. The servants' quarters is a single unit, and the right lean-to is said to contain a timber stair and concrete steps leading to a barrel-vaulted cellar made of concrete.

Local climate

Fir House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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