Castle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 September 1960. Farmhouse.

Castle Farmhouse

WRENN ID
waiting-entrance-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 September 1960
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Castle Farmhouse, Painscastle
OS grid reference
SO 167 461
Coordinates
52.1076, -3.21751
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Castle Farmhouse is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys high. To the north, there is a lower range that was originally a hackney stable but has since been converted into domestic accommodation. At the rear, there is an 18th-century wing featuring a catslide roof, along with a taller gabled wing from the 19th century. The structure is made of rubble stone, which has been overpainted, and has a slate roof with two end stacks. The central entrance features a modern glazed door, and there is a five-window range with all sixteen-pane sashes that have been renewed under timber lintels. The rear of the building has metal framed windows.

The farmhouse has undergone significant modernization. Inside, there is an 18th-century staircase that includes a beaded square newel and ogee string moulding. The property also includes a cellar and attics.

Local climate

Castle Farmhouse receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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