The Elms is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Hotel. 4 related planning applications.

The Elms

WRENN ID
cold-span-autumn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 December 1976
Type
Hotel
Address
The Elms, 10 the Struet, Powys, LD3 7LL
OS grid reference
SO 044 288
Coordinates
51.94955, -3.39098
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Elms is a former house that has been converted into a hotel. It is a two-storey building with a basement and features a five-bay front. The exterior is finished in cement render over brick, which is visible on the northern return, and it has a hipped slate roof at the northern end. There is a band course separating the two floors. The windows are hornless sash glazing.

On the left side, the first bay contains a 12-pane sash window on the first floor and a small-pane window with 9 panes over 6 on the ground floor. The next bay has a 12-pane first floor window above a later porch that features an entablature and arches on the front and side. The front arch includes a semi-circular fanlight and panelled double doors, while the side arch has a round-headed sash window. The third bay has a narrow window above a blind window of similar proportions.

The fourth bay features a large two-storey splayed bay window with sashes on each face, with a 12-pane window on the upper floor and a 9-pane over 6 window below. The fifth bay mirrors the third. There are basement windows located below bays three to five.

Inside, the staircase hall is highlighted by a triple-arched screen with a balustrade on the left side, along with panelled doors. To the right, there is a large room that showcases late 18th-century decorative elements, including a cornice and a frieze adorned with urns and acanthus motifs. At the rear, there is a large drawing room or ballroom that exhibits an earlier 19th-century style, featuring a cornice, a ceiling rose, and French doors leading to the garden, which is elevated. There is also a further wooden stair that may date from the late 18th century, and many rooms throughout the building have cornices and panelled doors with panelled reveals.

Local climate

The Elms sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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