Bodwen is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1953. House.

Bodwen

WRENN ID
drifting-facade-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Bodwen, Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain Village, Llansantffraid
OS grid reference
SJ 220 202
Coordinates
52.77452, -3.15736
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Bodwen is a three-unit timber-framed house dating from the 18th century. From the street, it features a 1½-storey gabled unit on the left, flanked by two 1½-storey units on the right. At the left end, there is a timber-framed lean-to, while the right end includes a full-height brick barn and a corrugated steel shed. The timber framing is primarily brick-nogged, painted black and white at the front, although much of the rear timber framing remains unpainted. The uppermost panels of the original part of the house are made of lighter timber. The roof is slate with tile ridges, and there are two brick mid-chimneys.

The windows are generally in keeping with the timber framing. The gabled unit on the left features a small-pane window both above and below, along with a former door position on the left. The middle unit has two small-pane dormer windows aligned with latticed windows below and a boarded door beneath a small canopy. The right unit includes garage doors.

Inside, the house retains much of its original timber framing, including simply chamfered main beams and minimal floor joists. There is a large brick bread oven built into the north-west of the east chimney, projecting into the adjacent room. The east part of the central unit has pitched stone paving, which shows signs of a possible well.

Local climate

Bodwen receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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