Brechfa is a Grade II listed building in the Ceredigion local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 October 1977. Cottage.
Brechfa
- WRENN ID
- grim-pillar-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ceredigion
- Constituency
- Ceredigion Preseli MP: Ben Lake (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1977
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Brechfa, Llanon, Llansantffraed
- OS grid reference
- SN 517 673
- Coordinates
- 52.28393, -4.17491
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Brechfa is a building constructed from rubble stone with slate roofs. The taller section on the left features two windows, which are offset to the right, along with end stone stacks, 12-pane sash windows, and a door with an overlight. The stone voussoirs above the openings are a notable detail. The two cottages are both double-fronted, each with 16-pane tilting windows and central doors, also featuring stone voussoirs. There is a ridge stack and a stack at the right end, as well as a lean-to on the right end wall.
The left end of the building has a two-storey section with boarding within the entry that displays pencil graffiti likely dating from the late 19th century. The left cottage includes a lath-and-plaster chimney hood on a thin cross beam at the left end. Inside, the centre passage is cobbled, but there are no internal signs of fireplaces associated with the centre ridge stack.
Local climate
Brechfa sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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