Upper House 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 House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-floor-meadow
- 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 House, Discoed, Whitton, LD8 2NW
- OS grid reference
- SO 276 646
- Coordinates
- 52.2756, -3.06146
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Upper House is a building comprising a 17th-century crosswing and a hall range, with an underbuilt jetty and a 19th-century rubble stone wing added to the rear. The hall and rear wing have stone tile roofs, while the crosswing has a slate roof. Tall stone stacks are visible to the east gable of the hall, the west wall of the crosswing, and the west wall of the rear wing. All windows are modern casements or newly reconstructed timber mullions. The first-floor crosswing features a bracketed oriel with two slender supports capped with "mop" heads; a single ovolo-moulded mullion is present but sits secondary to the window frame. A reconstructed 17th-century doorframe with an ovolo-moulded surround and ornate carved head is located to the east of the hall.
The crosswing retains large square-panelled timber partitions, and in parts, the ceiling level rail is chamfered with stepped draw stops. Two doorways lead from the crosswing into the former hall, each featuring a flat, four-centred arched head and chamfered posts with diagonal cut stops. The front room of the crosswing retains 16th-century hollow and roll moulded beams, reputedly with counter-changed joists (currently concealed), while the rear room has closely-set plain large joists. The first floor over the wing has a timber-framed partition with a central four-centred doorframe. The hall range, likely rebuilt in the 17th century, features a large inglenook fireplace on the ground floor, along with ovolo-moulded beams and a chamfered bressumer with scroll stops along the crosswing partition wall. The floor is laid with fine 1ft square diagonally set stone slabs. Remains of a 17th-century timber newel staircase are found within a chimney alcove, displaying an ovolo-moulded string and carved, pierced balusters. A short, straight flight of attic stairs, also 17th century, has scribed balusters and an elaborately carved newel post. The first-floor room above the hall contains a doorframe with scroll stops, beams with a wide chamfer and scroll stops, and a recessed "closet" with balustraded ventilation above a plank door with ogee molded battens and “H” hinges. The building was undergoing full renovation at the time of inspection in May 1990.
Local climate
Upper House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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