Gilestone is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. House.

Gilestone

WRENN ID
gentle-latch-bracken
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 December 1998
Type
House
Address
Gilestone, Talybont on Usk, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 115 235
Coordinates
51.903, -3.28724
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Gilestone is a two-storey house with an attic, featuring a main building and two parallel cross wings, the left wing being the earlier of the two. The structure is made of stone rendered in roughcast, topped with a roof of tiles and slates, and has end stacks as well as a lateral stack on the right rear wing. The main facade has a three-window range of 8/8 cambered head sash windows on the first floor, although the left window has been altered. On the ground floor, there is a large similar window on the right and a later canted bay with a pitched roof and large pane horned sashes on the left. A central 20th-century porch conceals the front door. The downhill wing is taller than the other cross wing and features additional 6/6 pane sash windows and 3/6 pane hopper windows, all with cambered heads.

Inside, the house retains a central entry plan with a staircase that has stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. There are also six panelled doors with moulded surrounds and panelled reveals.

Local climate

Gilestone 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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