'U'-Plan Range of Farm Buildings at Trefeca College Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 August 1995. Suburban manse.

'U'-Plan Range of Farm Buildings at Trefeca College Farm

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 August 1995
Type
Suburban manse
Address
'U'-Plan Range of Farm Buildings at Trefeca College Farm, Talgarth, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 144 325
Coordinates
51.98484, -3.24725
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The 'U'-plan range of farm buildings at Trefeca College Farm is constructed from mixed sandstone rubble and features slate roofs, with the northern range covered in corrugated iron. Likely built in the 18th century, the buildings have undergone later alterations. The southern arm has a gable end with a central door that features a reused datestone from 1615 above it, along with another reset stone that has two incised panels. There is also a loft door above this entrance. The recessed center is made of stone up to the loft floor level and is then continued in timber framing, which was originally clad with weatherboarding. This section includes five doors and a hay store above.

The northern arm contains a store barn, which has a cart door and ventilation slits on the side walls and gable. The southern range extends further back to provide additional housing for cows.

Local climate

'U'-Plan Range of Farm Buildings at Trefeca College Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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