The County House is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
The County House
- WRENN ID
- kindled-passage-pine
- 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
- House
- Address
- The County House, 100 the Struet, Powys, LD3 7LS
- OS grid reference
- SO 044 287
- Coordinates
- 51.94939, -3.39137
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The County House is a three-storey, three-bay brick house, notable for its brick bands at the second and first floor levels and a modillion eaves cornice. It has a slate roof with flanking brick stacks. The windows feature plain reveals, with square 6-pane sash windows on the second floor. The first floor has a tripartite sash window in each end bay and a single 12-pane sash window in the centre. On the ground floor, there are Venetian sash windows with small-pane glazing in each end bay, and in the centre, a round-headed doorcase with a pediment supported by finely moulded consoles, frieze blocks with paterae, panelled reveals, and a six-panelled door topped with a semi-circular fanlight featuring radiating tracery. The house has a tall gabled rear wing that is stuccoed.
Inside, the house boasts an exceptionally fine interior with lugged chimney pieces, dados, skirtings, and a heavy cornice. The window casings to the shutters are fluted Corinthian columns. The first floor features Regency chimney pieces and cornices, along with panelled doors. A fine staircase with a scroll newel adds to the interior's elegance.
Local climate
The County House 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 2004
- 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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