Pencelli Court (also known as Penkelly Court) including attached byre is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 January 1963. Court, byre.

Pencelli Court (also known as Penkelly Court) including attached byre

WRENN ID
woven-lime-linden
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
Court, byre
Address
Pencelli Court (also known as Penkelly Court) including attached byre, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 091 250
Coordinates
51.91649, -3.32268
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Pencelli Court, also known as Penkelly Court, is a building constructed of stone rubble, rendered at the front, and limewashed on the sides and rear. It features a tiled roof with roughcast end ridges and rear stacks, including a tall limewashed rubble kitchen stack that rises from a catslide roof. The structure is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar on the south side.

The main layout consists of a five-bay range with a projecting central rear gable above a single-storey outshut that has a catslide roof. To the left, there is an attached barn range that is at the same height. The main facade displays five windows on the first floor, featuring diamond quarry casements with shallow stone lintels and sills. On the ground floor, there is a doorway with a 20th-century porch located off-centre to the left, a similar window to the left, and a three-light casement window to the right.

The attached barn/byre range is made of rubble that was previously limewashed and has a corrugated roof. The gable end has a dripstone above an altered loft opening and a wide ground floor opening that has also been altered. The side facing the byre includes a loft opening and a ground floor doorway.

Inside, the layout consists of a hall with a staircase positioned in a projection next to the stack, and a parlour that is heated by an axial fireplace.

Local climate

Pencelli Court (also known as Penkelly Court) including attached byre 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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