Ashford Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 December 1998. Cottage.

Ashford Cottage

WRENN ID
drifting-bronze-bittern
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
Cottage
Address
Ashford Cottage, Llanddetti, Talybont-On-Usk, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 122 213
Coordinates
51.88391, -3.27676
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ashford Cottage is a small two-storey cottage built into the hillside, with its gable end facing downhill towards the canal. The cottage is constructed of whitewashed stone rubble and features a Welsh slate roof. It has a two-window range of nine-pane Breconshire hoppers on the first floor, with the entrance located below. The prominent gable end includes a single pointed arched window with Gothick tracery on each floor.

Local climate

Ashford Cottage 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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