Fron is a Grade II listed building in the Pembrokeshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 October 1997. House.
Fron
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pavement-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Constituency
- Mid and South Pembrokeshire MP: Henry Tufnell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fron, Llanddewi Velfrey
- OS grid reference
- SN 171 169
- Coordinates
- 51.82101, -4.65408
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Fron is a double pile house featuring a cellar, two storeys, and an attic, with a three-window front elevation facing east. The building is constructed from local hammer-dressed limestone masonry, which is regularly coursed at the front and brought to courses elsewhere. It has slate roofs pitched at 45 degrees, with stone end chimneys on both piles that have been rebuilt or repointed, complete with capping and dripstones. The central doorway is flanked by renewed 12-pane sash windows in exposed frames on the ground and first floors, with slate sills. A small gablet rises as a pediment from the eaves line at the front, incorporating a large semicircular window that lights the attic. Attic windows are also located in the end elevations beside the chimneys.
The house has a symmetrical plan with a central hallway and a passage leading to the stairs at the rear. Inside, there is a fine dogleg staircase with a simple handrail and a giant sash window on the landing. The main reception rooms on the ground floor feature doors with two panels.
The trusses in both the front and rear piles have curved collar beams and display carpenter's marks, with the two sets of marks being in different styles.
Local climate
Fron 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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