Y Fro is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 July 1963. House - terrace.

Y Fro

WRENN ID
twelfth-bonework-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 July 1963
Type
House - terrace
Address
Y Fro, the Vale of Grwyney, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 231 196
Coordinates
51.86989, -3.11751
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Y Fro is a two-and-a-half storey, five-window house built with battered walls of rubble stone that has been painted white. The stone-tile roof features a stone stack to the left of the center with two diagonal shafts, one of which has been replaced with brick. There is a similar brick stack added to the right and an early 20th-century brick stack on the left of the center on the front roof slope.

To the left of center, there is a doorway leading to the former cross-passage, which now has inserted French doors. To the right of this doorway is a 1960s four-light window, and further right is a three-light window in the original parlour, which has ovolo mullions. The upper storey contains 1960s three-light casement windows. The original byre, located to the left of the cross-passage doorway, features one ground-floor window and two first-floor windows, along with a three-light window inserted above the doorway, all dating from the 1960s.

On the right gable end, there is an inserted doorway with a canopy to the right. The frame and door were moved from the cross-passage doorway in the early 1960s. This frame has a roll-moulded surround, and the shaped door head is decorated with marguerites. The boarded door is fitted with three-pronged strap hinges. To the left of the doorway is an inserted four-light window with diamond mullions, along with a similar window with a hood mould on the first floor, both of which were relocated from the front of the house. The attic features an inserted mullioned window under a drip stone. The rear of the house has additional inserted windows and projections on both the left and right sides. The central staircase includes a three-light window with diamond mullions and a smaller attic light.

The overall plan form of the house remains largely intact, although the cross-passage is now divided. The hall retains a post-and-panel partition that has been partly repositioned, complete with a shaped door head. The former parlour window is fitted with wooden shutters. The fireplace features a timber lintel with a locker and an inserted oven at the back. The cross beams have cut stops. The stairs leading to the fireplace have stone treads to the first floor, which continue with oak treads to the attic. The attic stair light is fitted with a wooden shutter, and the roof has trusses with lapped collars.

Local climate

Y Fro sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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