Nant-y-caws is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. Cottage.
Nant-y-caws
- WRENN ID
- sunken-spandrel-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1996
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nant-y-caws, Talyrnau, Welshpool
- OS grid reference
- SJ 203 068
- Coordinates
- 52.65343, -3.17934
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Nant-y-caws is a pair of estate cottages associated with the Powis Estate. The layout and detailing indicate an early 19th century date, but the constructional details, including some structural timberwork, suggest that the cottages may have origins from the 18th century.
The exterior features a symmetrical design with timber framing and brick infill, where the brickwork is painted to resemble timber framing and includes quatrefoil decoration. The side elevations are made of rubble. The cottages are two storeys high with a two-window central range that sits between slightly advanced outer gabled wings. Each wing has doorways located in the re-entrant angle.
These cottages are listed as a pair of Picturesque estate cottages, which may also have earlier vernacular origins.
Local climate
Nant-y-caws receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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