Gwernaffel Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 1992. Farmhouse.

Gwernaffel Farmhouse

WRENN ID
kindled-barrel-mallow
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
Farmhouse
Address
Gwernaffel Farmhouse, Whitton
OS grid reference
SO 267 705
Coordinates
52.32842, -3.07676
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Gwernaffel Farmhouse is a long two-storey building with a single pile range. An extension at the east end features a small side wing beneath a catslide roof. The exterior is made of coursed rubble, which has been painted over, and it has a slate roof. There is a projecting stone stack with an offset at the rear of the 19th-century extension, as well as a tall brick stack at the rear of the main building.

The farmhouse has three windows on the front, with casements beneath cambered brick heads on the ground floor and flat brick heads on the first floor. A central half-glazed door is located under a gable and is sheltered by a slate hood supported by plain brackets. To the right of the door, there is a tall, leaded, cross window from the 19th century. The east gable features a half-glazed door and three casements beneath brick cambered heads.

Inside, the building has been remodelled, but six heavy, wide chamfered beams remain along the former bay divisions, complete with broach stops and stepped run-out stops. At the west end, there is a dairy room that retains its original stone shelving.

Local climate

Gwernaffel Farmhouse 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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