Gwndwnwal is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 August 1998. Farmhouse.
Gwndwnwal
- WRENN ID
- inner-jamb-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 August 1998
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gwndwnwal, Llanfihangel Tal-Y-Llyn, Llangors
- OS grid reference
- SO 119 295
- Coordinates
- 51.95755, -3.28224
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gwndwnwal is a U-shaped farmhouse dating from the 18th century, with an attached barn and byre range at right angles to the east. The house has a frontage that extends across the barn, and there is a cartshed positioned at right angles to the north, opposite the house. The house and farm range are constructed from limewashed stone with a rendered gable end and feature a slate roof. It has two end stacks, one made of brick on the right and a lateral brick stack at the front, along with a low offset at the gable end.
The outward-facing elevation displays three small six-pane hopper windows at eaves level, and the ground floor has windows with altered glazing under timber lintels. The farmyard-facing elevation is narrower due to the barn occupying one bay, featuring a central doorway, a small four-pane window to the left, a similar double window to the right, and two windows like those on the front at the first floor. The attached range has a corrugated roof, with the barn on the left that includes opposing double doors and an additional doorway to the right. The byre to the right has three segmental arched openings on the ground floor and boarded loft openings, along with a single bay cartshed range at right angles.
Inside, the house has a central entry passage plan with stairs ascending to the front left, a kitchen to the right, and a parlour located in the barn wing to the left. The cow byre and stable, which has a hayloft above, are in the attached range and feature pegged collar and tie roof trusses. The barn is divided from the byre by a wall and contains trusses with struts and two rows of staggered trenched purlins, along with ventilation slits.
Local climate
Gwndwnwal sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% 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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