Talwrnmaenog Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 March 1962. House.

Talwrnmaenog Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crooked-mortar-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
23 March 1962
Type
House
Address
Talwrnmaenog Farmhouse, Llanwrthwl
OS grid reference
SN 973 632
Coordinates
52.25808, -3.50568
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Talwrnmaenog Farmhouse is a one-and-a-half-storey house built of rubble stone, situated on a sloping hillside. The roof is covered with slate and features a brick ridge stack that replaced the original hall stack, along with a 19th-century stone stack at the right end. To the right of center, there is a one-and-a-half storey porch that was rebuilt in the early 20th century, which includes a pointed arched doorway and a window above it, both set under a concrete lintel. To the left of the porch, there is an enlarged hall window also under a concrete lintel, and further to the left, the kitchen is illuminated by a late 19th-century casement window beneath a wooden lintel. A recently added window is located at the left end of the house. To the right of the porch, the parlour is lit by a late 19th-century sash window under a wooden lintel. The attic features three gabled roof dormers, each with sash windows.

On the right gable end, there is a small window at the lower right and a smaller upper right opening with a shutter, both equipped with drip moulds. The rear of the house is pebble-dashed and painted cream. On the left side, there is an inserted boarded door with a small window to its right. To the right of center, there is a shallow projection, possibly from a former stair turret, beyond which is an added blockwork lean-to with a casement window at the right end. A blockwork lean-to has also been added to the left gable end.

Inside, the porch leads into a passage that conceals a post-and-panel screen. There are two doorways with shaped heads; the more ornate one leads to the hall, while the simpler one opens to a passage adjacent to the hall. The original extent of the hall is still visible through the cross and spine beams, which span only two-thirds of the room's width, allowing space for a passage on the entrance side. The cross beams feature stop-chamfers. The hall and kitchen have back-to-back fireplaces. The current passage between the hall and kitchen, located at the rear of the house, likely corresponds to the original stair location, indicated by a slight projection in the outer wall. The present stair is modern. The parlour, which has been divided into two rooms, contains a fireplace with a timber lintel and stepped stops.

Local climate

Talwrnmaenog Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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