Glan Bechan is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 10 March 1953. House.
Glan Bechan
- WRENN ID
- distant-glass-khaki
- 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
- Glan Bechan, Bechan Valley, Bettws
- OS grid reference
- SO 126 956
- Coordinates
- 52.55179, -3.29
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Glan Bechan is an L-shaped timber-framed house dating from the 17th century. It has two storeys and features a lobby entry, with a main range and a northern wing. The timber framing is arranged in square panels with brick nogging and tension bracing, some of which has been renewed in black and white painted brick. The roof is covered with renewed slate and has an axial brick stack. The windows consist of recently renewed wooden casements set in earlier openings.
The western gable of the main range, which faces the road, is elaborately designed with ornate moulded brackets beneath a jettied tie beam. This tie beam has a moulded underside and is carved with the date 1651. The gable also features painted quatrefoils. On the lower storey, there is a 19th-century bay window with three lights. The front elevation has a mix of window placements and includes a porch at the angle with the northern wing, which was added in the late 20th century, along with a recently added lean-to on the eastern side.
The building was not accessible during the inspection in October and November 1996.
Local climate
Glan Bechan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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