Upper Trefeen is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 March 1953. House.

Upper Trefeen

WRENN ID
steep-balcony-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 March 1953
Type
House
Address
Upper Trefeen, Penygelli, Newtown, Kerry
OS grid reference
SO 178 900
Coordinates
52.50198, -3.21177
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper Trefeen is a timber-framed building with an asbestos cement slate roof. The frame features close studding with tension braces on the ground floor between haunched posts, and the front is jettied. The upper floor has herringbone framing, and the gable end is also jettied, likely continuing around the building. The exterior is clad in weatherboarding, similar to the rear outshut.

There is a central added gabled open porch, which has an outer lintel inscribed with "AI EI / II 1718 EM:CAR." This inscription may have been added to an existing porch that features shaped splat balusters on both sides at the upper level. The door is boarded and set within a shaped doorhead. The building has 18th century or early 19th century nine-paned sash windows with moulded architraves. A Phoenix fire insurance mark is attached to the porch, and there is a brick axial stack.

The building was not accessible during the inspection in February 1996.

Local climate

Upper Trefeen receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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