1 The Old Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 4 January 1952. Cottage.

1 The Old Inn

WRENN ID
hidden-arch-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
4 January 1952
Type
Cottage
Address
1 The Old Inn, Tretower, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 185 214
Coordinates
51.88574, -3.18464
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

1 The Old Inn is a pair of houses that have been joined to create a rough L-shape facing a yard. The buildings are constructed of rubble sandstone that has been painted white, with stone-tile roofs. The upper house, which includes a rebuilt end, is located on the north side next to the main road, while the lower house is positioned at an oblique angle to the southeast.

The upper house, which consists of Nos 1 and 2, features original stone stacks to the left and right of the center, along with a 19th-century stack over the left gable end. The original front that faces the yard has added lean-tos and features inserted 1- and 2-light casement windows on the first floor. The three-window early 19th-century front on the north side facing the road is pebble-dashed. The lower storey has 12-pane hornless sash windows, while the upper storey has similar 9-pane sash windows. There is a doorway with a boarded door located to the left of center, which is accessed by steps. The east gable end includes a corbelled first-floor stack with an added window to its left.

The property was not inspected at the time of the survey in September 1997.

Local climate

1 The Old Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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