4 Pontithel Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 December 1995. House. 2 related planning applications.

4 Pontithel Cottages

WRENN ID
stark-beam-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 December 1995
Type
House
Address
4 Pontithel Cottages, Gwernyfed, LD3 0SA
OS grid reference
SO 164 366
Coordinates
52.02168, -3.21906
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

These are two cottages built in the early to mid-19th century. They are symmetrical, constructed from colourwashed stone, and have a slate roof with red tile crestings. Each cottage has two bays, with a four-panelled door and overlight to the side, set against the shared wall between the cottages. The ground floor has tripartite 12-pane sash windows, a 12-pane sash window above, and a further 12-pane sash window centrally positioned above the doors. The front elevation has a coved cornice. The cottages have gable stacks.

Local climate

4 Pontithel Cottages sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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