Lower Trelowgoed is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 March 1992. Farmhouse.

Lower Trelowgoed

WRENN ID
stranded-baluster-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 March 1992
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Trelowgoed, Llanbadarn Fawr
OS grid reference
SO 089 631
Coordinates
52.25854, -3.33471
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Lower Trelowgoed is a 1½-storey, three-window farmhouse built from rubble stone, featuring a steep slate roof and stone end stacks, with the right stack being larger. The openings are offset to the left side, with the entrance further to the left, consisting of a boarded door. The windows, including dormers, are 2-light 19th-century casements set under stone heads in the lower storey. The left-hand window is boarded up. The rear of the house has a similar layout, with a doorway offset to the right; however, it has three windows in the lower storey, and the lower right-hand window is also boarded up.

Inside, the cross passage has been blocked opposite the main entrance but retains a chamfered head-beam. The entrance is located immediately beside the staircase, which is from the 19th century and does not align with the original stairs, as indicated by a blocked window. The unusual plan features a large room before the parlour, reminiscent of the earlier Great Cantel in Llanbister. There is a lath and plaster partition to the right, leading to the parlour, which retains a timber bressumer over the fireplace that includes a domed bread oven and a blocked recess to the right, with a simply scroll-stopped beam. A full-height recess backing onto the stairs is said to have contained a cheese press in the past. The chimney at the uphill end heats the kitchen, which has a six-panel door and a blocked fireplace, along with the remains of a studded partition to the rear. Upstairs, there are oak boarded doors, and the roof is ceiled at collar level.

Local climate

Lower Trelowgoed sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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