Ty Canol is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 November 1998. House.

Ty Canol

WRENN ID
western-storey-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 November 1998
Type
House
Address
Ty Canol, Penygilfach, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 243 194
Coordinates
51.86812, -3.09943
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ty Canol is a two-storey building with an attic, featuring a main range and a later, lower wing to the left. It has battered walls made of random rubble sandstone, showing traces of limewash, and a slate roof that includes two inserted skylights at the front. The stone stacks have been recently rebuilt, one on the left side of the main range and another at the rear of the wing.

The front of the building, which faces the former barn, has a two-window arrangement with modern casements set in 19th-century openings. There is a notable four-light window on the lower right with diamond mullions that illuminates the former parlour. The doorway is located on the left and is narrowed in stone beneath a 19th-century stone lintel. The right gable end features an attic window with diamond mullions, while the left gable end has a renewed stair light with diamond mullions on the left and a small stair light leading to the attic.

The rear wing has a two-window side wall with casements under stone lintels in 19th-century openings, and a taller window on the lower left. Windows added to the rear of the main range were replaced in the late 20th century.

Although not inspected during the survey in December 1997, it was recorded by Jones and Smith as having a fireplace stair and a post-and-panel partition with a shaped door head. The door jamb was widened to allow the passage of cider barrels when the original pantry was converted into a cider cellar.

Local climate

Ty Canol sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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