Maes Mawr is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Farmhouse.

Maes Mawr

WRENN ID
crooked-latch-sunrise
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
Farmhouse
Address
Maes Mawr, Talybont on Usk, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 118 225
Coordinates
51.89444, -3.28307
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Maes Mawr is a large farmhouse constructed of cement-rendered stone, featuring a steeply pitched Welsh slate roof with slightly swept eaves at the front, rendered end stacks, and a large axial stack. The building has a plan consisting of three parallel gabled wings, with the cross wing now forming the main southern frontage. This front section is two storeys high with an attic and includes a three-window range of 2/2 pane cambered head sashes. The ground floor has two 8/8 pane cambered head sashes flanking a central simple flat-roofed portico with a panelled door.

The rear left and right gable ends are three storeys tall, with the top floor featuring 6-pane sashes under a hoodmould. On the first floor, the left side has an 8/12 pane sash window, while the right side has an 8/8 pane sash. The ground floor left has a similar sash window, and there is a 20th-century replacement window on the right. The central staircase bay includes a Venetian staircase window at the first-floor level, with a doorway below.

The building's plan, recorded in Brycheiniog, has remained unchanged and shows an early unit on the front left with stairs ascending beside the fireplace. The front right contains a slightly later hall, and the rear has two rooms from the late 17th century, divided by an 18th-century staircase. More interior features, such as fireplaces, likely survive beneath later remodelling. The front early unit is separated from the later sections by a partition. Notable interior elements include a fine staircase with a very wreathed handrail and turned balusters, some wall panelling, and six-panelled doors throughout.

Local climate

Maes Mawr 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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