Upper Dyffryn is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 1992. House. 1 related planning application.
Upper Dyffryn
- WRENN ID
- small-spire-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- Upper Dyffryn, Cascob, Whitton, LD8 2NT
- OS grid reference
- SO 249 653
- Coordinates
- 52.28125, -3.102
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Upper Dyffryn is a two-storey house with a cellar, dating to the 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble blocks, with a string course running along the exterior. The crosswing features exposed timber framing to the first floor, characterised by irregular panels, some close-studding, and V-braces in the apex. The roof is slate, with a half-hipped section to the west of the hall range. Projecting stone stacks have brick tops and are located on the crosswing wall and the east gable of the hall.
The main entrance is a six-panel door, covered by a slated canopy supported on plain timber posts. The hall windows are twelve-pane sash windows with brick cills, while the crosswing has nine-panel windows with a central metal casement. The rear windows are 19th-century wooden casements.
At the time of inspection in May 1990, the house was empty and in a state of disrepair. The house was not fully inspected but features a deep chamfered beam and main joists with draw stops in the crosswing, along with a wide scroll-stopped beam to the left of the entrance hall. The interior has undergone 19th-century remodelling, including the installation of stairs, fireplaces, king-post trusses, and six-panelled doors.
Local climate
Upper Dyffryn receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- 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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