Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School is a Grade II* listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 January 1976. School.

Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School

WRENN ID
gentle-hammer-moss
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 January 1976
Type
School
Address
Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School, Aberllynfi
OS grid reference
SO 175 373
Coordinates
52.02871, -3.20269
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School is a Grade II* listed building constructed from grey and pink stone with limestone dressings, matching the main house. It features a red tiled roof and stands two storeys high with attics. The building is arranged around a rectangular inner courtyard, with an open carriageway connecting the front 'U'-shaped block to the rear block.

The front elevation is approximately symmetrical, centered around a carriage arch. Above this arch, there is a 5-light mullioned window set within a raised coped gable, which includes an inset gilded clock, a bas-relief cock, and a tall finial that also features a stone cock. The ground floor is lofty, raised above a high-chamfered plinth, and has small 2-light windows. A string course runs below the low upper floor, which also has 2-light windows. There is a stack located towards the house end, and a small doorway leading to a dog-leg passage that connects to the stable yard. At the center of the roof, there is a lead-clad bellcote with an open white-painted gallery and a dome topped with a windvane finial. The building also features canted dormer windows with flattened disc finials, as well as a stable door and dormer on the east side.

Internally, the elevations that were once coachhouses are tile-hung and have 3-light windows. The ground floor has been altered since the building's conversion.

Local climate

Stable Block at Gwernyfed High School 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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