Middle Maestorglwydd House is a Grade II* listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 September 1961. Terrace dwelling.
Middle Maestorglwydd House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-quartz-falcon
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 28 September 1961
- Type
- Terrace dwelling
- Address
- Middle Maestorglwydd House, Llanigon, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 212 372
- Coordinates
- 52.02769, -3.14921
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Middle Maestorglwydd House is a semi-detached stone farm building dating from the 18th century. It is one storey high with a semi-attic, constructed of stone rubble that is mostly rendered, featuring slate on the front and asbestos slate on the rear. The windows are fitted with 20th-century steel or wood casements. The west elevation is approximately symmetrical, with gable-end chimneys; the south side has a rectangular chimney, while the north side has a square chimney set diagonally. The original plank door is framed in a double ovolo-moulded frame, with an inner Tudor arch that is also ovolo-moulded and carved with chevrons. There are three original windows, although they have been renewed, including one in a dormer, with stone labels and timber lintels. The east side features one window with a stone label and a modern door beneath a damaged stone hood. At the rear, there is a single-storey lean-to made of concrete blocks. The north gable has an original window that has been narrowed, with a stone label and a 18th-century iron casement.
Inside, there are three original doors with shaped frame-heads, two of which have plain or moulded planks, and the ground floor is stone-paved. The entrance passage includes two moulded plank and muntin partitions, along with deep chamfered ceiling beams and stop-chamfered joists. The original hall features double ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with two types of end-mouldings; the west window retains an old cill and head, with five sawn-off diagonal mullions. The fireplace has a deep timber lintel that is ovolo-moulded with moulded stops, and adjacent to it is a wooden staircase. The lesser room contains deep chamfered ceiling beams and stop-chamfered joists, with a partition from the 18th or 19th century and an oak plank door. There is a dairy with a slate slab and an east window with an original lintel. On the first floor, the roof has a collar, and a truss near the centre features a doorway with a steep Tudor arch that is chamfered.
Local climate
Middle Maestorglwydd House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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