Upper White House is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 April 1989. House.

Upper White House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
10 April 1989
Type
House
Address
Upper White House, Llanidloes
OS grid reference
SN 952 845
Coordinates
52.44926, -3.5429
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper White House is a three-storey building featuring a symmetrical three-window facade made of stucco with pebbledash margins and a brick plinth. It has a slate roof with boarded eaves and two stock brick chimney stacks, one of which is set transversely on the right side. The building has six and twelve-pane sash windows with margins, and the entrance is highlighted by a bracket cornice above a half-glazed door with a plain overlight. There is a basement opening on the right side.

The left gable end is slate hung with a rubble base, and there is a small lean-to at the rear. The right end, which is painted pebbledash, has two sash windows and two blocked openings, along with a lean-to that features a four-panel door. At the back, there is a converted outbuilding that contains Ffynnon Idloes, a kiln well that is traditionally believed to have curative powers.

The interior of the building was altered around 1980 during its conversion into flats.

Local climate

Upper White House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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