Dipping Pool and Steps at Gliffaes is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Ornamental pool. 2 related planning applications.
Dipping Pool and Steps at Gliffaes
- WRENN ID
- frozen-jade-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1998
- Type
- Ornamental pool
- Address
- Dipping Pool and Steps at Gliffaes, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, NP8 1RL
- OS grid reference
- SO 170 199
- Coordinates
- 51.87174, -3.20595
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is an ornamental dipping pool and associated steps, likely dating to the Victorian era and situated within the grounds of Gliffaes. The pool complex is constructed of coursed rubble sandstone with tooled dressings. The primary feature is a semi-circular pool on the south side, facing the house, constructed with dressed stone. It incorporates a V-shaped spout positioned within a round-headed recess. This recess is detailed with hammer-dressed voussoirs and a projecting keystone, all set beneath a shaped gable with projecting coping stones. To the left and right of this pool are stone steps leading to a lower level. A simpler, rectangular pool, also at a lower level, is situated on the north side and is fed by a stone spout.
Local climate
Dipping Pool and Steps at Gliffaes sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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