Ruins of Llanddew Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 January 2005. A Medieval Castle.

Ruins of Llanddew Castle

WRENN ID
dreaming-ledge-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
25 January 2005
Type
Castle
Address
Ruins of Llanddew Castle, Brecon
OS grid reference
SO 055 308
Coordinates
51.96791, -3.37683
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The ruins of Llanddew Castle consist of the remains of a medieval hall, featuring thick rubble stone walls on three sides, with the front wall missing. The walls are thicker at the base and include a ledge that would have supported the beams of a former basement ceiling. There is no evidence of any former stone vaulting. The high surviving end walls and one end of the rear wall remain intact, while the rest of the rear wall survives just above basement height. The right end wall contains the remains of a large pointed end window with splayed reveals. The left end wall features external put-log holes and a splayed loop leading to the basement on the right. The rear wall shows crease lines indicating the former gabled external porch, with some projecting stones still visible on either side of an elliptical-arched door that has stone voussoirs. Inside the basement, there is a projection for the base of a fireplace on the rear wall.

Local climate

Ruins of Llanddew Castle sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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