Vronlase (The Old Farmhouse) is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 11 August 1993. Farmhouse.
Vronlase (The Old Farmhouse)
- WRENN ID
- haunted-niche-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1993
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Vronlase (The Old Farmhouse), Penybont
- OS grid reference
- SO 153 631
- Coordinates
- 52.25978, -3.24229
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Vronlase, also known as The Old Farmhouse, is an L-plan building featuring three separate roof lines that create two distinct blocks connected by a linking section. The exterior is constructed of coursed rubble with remnants of limewash, primarily covered by slate roofs, although the northern wing has some tin sheeting. There are signs of blocked doors and windows, and one chimney stack remains in the corner of the southern wing, with a reduced brick upper section. The southern side of the northern wing has a raised roof line, while the northern side features a larger dormer projection that may be a capped chimney stack.
The western front was remodeled in the mid-19th century, showcasing a three-window range, a central four-panel door, and an open porch supported by chamfered posts with a slate canopy. The porch also has decorative bargeboards and ridge cresting. The windows on this side are twelve-pane sash windows with dressed stone surrounds and cills. The northern range includes late 19th and 20th-century large-pane sashes with brick dressings.
The interior has not been examined in detail due to limited access and some structural collapse. However, it features substantial square-panel timber-framed partition walls, stop-chamfered beams, a dog-leg stair with turned balusters, and 18th-century two-panel doors.
Local climate
Vronlase (The Old Farmhouse) receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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