Gilfach-y-rhiw is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 March 1953. House.
Gilfach-y-rhiw
- WRENN ID
- outer-railing-auburn
- 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
- Gilfach-y-rhiw, Clatter, Caersws
- OS grid reference
- SN 981 956
- Coordinates
- 52.54928, -3.50317
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Gilfach-y-rhiw is a two-storey building with an attic, constructed in the 18th century. It features large scale uncoursed rubble stonework and a random slate roof, while the south front is made of timber framing set between stone gables. The timber framing consists of four panels high with wattle and daub infill and lacks braces. The building has three bays, gable stacks, a panelled door, and 19th-century three-light timber windows with a transom and a central hinged iron casement. There is a 20th-century porch over a side door that leads to a rear service room. At the rear, there are small six-pane sash windows with cambered heads.
Inside, the main range has chamfered twin spine beams, which are interrupted in the hall bay for the staircase that features an early to mid-18th-century moulded handrail. A timber-framed partition is exposed in the central bay, and the rear service room has similar twin beams and a gable fireplace.
Local climate
Gilfach-y-rhiw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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