Newton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Office, medical dispensary.
Newton Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- pale-courtyard-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 17 January 1963
- Type
- Office, medical dispensary
- Address
- Newton Farmhouse, Llansantffraed, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 115 245
- Coordinates
- 51.91245, -3.2869
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Newton Farmhouse is a gentry farmhouse featuring a central entry and a rear outshut. The building is constructed of stone rendered in roughcast and has a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof, with a catslide to the rear over the outshut. The end stacks, which were remodeled in the early 19th century, are made of coursed stone and have narrow cornices, with a taller kitchen chimney located at the rear. There is evidence of heightening on the west wall. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a three-window range, although most of the glazing was replaced in the late 20th century. The attic window in the right gable end retains its stone hoodmould. A polygonal porch was added in the 20th century to the central doorway.
At the rear, there is a low single-storey wing that has a large chimney in the gable end, which may have been a wash-house. The central entrance leads into a former cross passage, with stairs located at the rear left, now incorporated into the room on the right, which features an open fireplace. There is a separate smaller room to the left, both of which have chimneys on the side walls. The rear kitchen has deep chamfered and stopped fireplace joists and a cross beam, while a former dairy is located across the passage.
Local climate
Newton Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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