Upper Graig (Old House) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 August 1993. House.

Upper Graig (Old House)

WRENN ID
shadowed-entrance-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
11 August 1993
Type
House
Address
Upper Graig (Old House), Llandegley Rocks, Penybont
OS grid reference
SO 125 617
Coordinates
52.24737, -3.28199
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper Graig, also known as the Old House, is a two-storey building constructed of rubble stone with a slate roof. It features two end stacks, with the left-hand stack made of brick and the right-hand stack being an original squared rubble stack. There is a new extension built in 1988 on the site of a former attached barn or byre. The house has a three-window range, with a boarded floor to the left of the centre. All windows are modern timber casements, and the upper windows are set in a portion of raised walling.

Much of the original detail remains, including a fine plank and muntin screen that separates the main room from the central staircase hall. The room on the far side of the hall was previously divided to create a rear dairy. There are studwork wall partitions, and modern open stairs have replaced the original staircase. The main room features a large open fireplace with a massive chamfered and stopped timber lintel, which is partially infilled with an inset range and includes a brick-lined bread oven in the corner. The room also has scroll-stopped beams and exposed joists, with large flagstones throughout. The screen is chamfered on the main room side and has straight-cut stops. There is evidence of former bench fixings and a door at the north end, while the south end doorway survives and is adorned with beaded architraving.

Local climate

Upper Graig (Old House) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,000 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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