Upper Broad Heath Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 26 March 1985. Farmhouse.

Upper Broad Heath Farmhouse

WRENN ID
outer-pinnacle-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
26 March 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Broad Heath Farmhouse, Presteigne
OS grid reference
SO 334 632
Coordinates
52.26338, -2.97691
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper Broad Heath Farmhouse is a two-storey building with a three-window facade, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century. The front is finished in stucco and faces west, featuring a slate roof with broad eaves and end stacks that are stepped to the gable ends. The windows are sash style with glazing bars, and there is a central door located beneath a trellis porch. The rear elevation is constructed of rubble and includes a mix of casement and sash windows, with cambered heads on the ground floor. There are also lower two-storey extensions that are symmetrically set back on each side.

Local climate

Upper Broad Heath Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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