Llansantffraed House is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. Country house.
Llansantffraed House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-copper-thrush
- 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
- Country house
- Address
- Llansantffraed House, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 122 235
- Coordinates
- 51.90389, -3.27737
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Llansantffraed House is a medium-sized country house that features an early Gothic Revival remodelling of a Georgian house, designed with a double pile plan. The exterior is made of rendered and colourwashed stone, topped with a Welsh slate roof. It has dressed stone ridge stacks with cornices and an axial stack at the rear.
The main front of the house consists of five bays, each with a gabled roof and overhanging eaves adorned with decorative bargeboards. The three central bays represent the remodelling of the earlier core and are narrower than the two outer bays, which project outward. The central range has 2/2 pane horned sash windows on the first floor and deep cross-framed windows on the ground floor, flanking a steep pitched gabled porch that features decorative bargeboards and an arched doorway. The side bays of the cross wings have cross-framed windows on both floors, with three lights above and four lights on the ground floor. The side elevation facing the drive has a similar central gable.
The rear elevation illustrates the building's history, with the central section retaining 6/6 and 8/8 pane sashes, some of which have been renewed, as well as a 9 pane hopper window. Inside, the house has been remodelled but retains some original features, including several six-panelled doors with moulded surrounds, some shutters, and later boarded dado panelling.
Local climate
Llansantffraed House 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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