Wern Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 August 1997. Farmhouse.

Wern Farmhouse

WRENN ID
north-merlon-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Torfaen MP: Nick Thomas-Symonds (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 August 1997
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wern Farmhouse, Llanvihangel Pontymoel, Pontypool, New Inn, Torfaen
OS grid reference
SO 300 018
Coordinates
51.71142, -3.01366
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Wern Farmhouse is a two-storey building constructed from whitewashed rubble stone and topped with Welsh slate roofs. It features a single depth range with nearly a full outshut at the rear and a small single-storey extension to the right. The front has four windows, all early to mid-19th century small-paned casements. The ground floor windows are three-light with segmental heads, while the upper floor windows are two-light with flat heads. The second bay from the left on the ground floor includes a gabled porch positioned against the central stack. The roof is plain and has three ridge chimneys located at either end and behind the doorway.

On the rear elevation, there is an outshut that contains three two-light casements and one three-light window. A plain door is situated immediately to the left of the central stack.

The interior was not available for inspection during the resurvey in December 1996, but it is clear from the exterior that this is a three-cell house with a baffle entry and three heated rooms.

Local climate

Wern Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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