Upper Maestorglwydd Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1995. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Upper Maestorglwydd Farmhouse

WRENN ID
spare-corbel-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brecon Beacons National Park
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 June 1995
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper Maestorglwydd Farmhouse, Llanigon, Powys, HR3 5QL
OS grid reference
SO 216 372
Coordinates
52.02814, -3.14395
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Upper Maestorglwydd Farmhouse is a semi-detached building constructed from coursed stone rubble, partly rendered, with slate roofs. It is two storeys high and features a lean-to shed on the west side. The windows include 2 and 3-light wood and metal casements from the 19th and 20th centuries, with those on the main range having segmental arches. The left-hand gable has a window in its original opening, while the entrance door is an early 20th-century panelled and glazed design. The stone chimney has been rebuilt.

On the east side, there is one window under a stone label, with 20th-century metal casements and rooflights. The south side features an original stone chimney on the gable of the wing, with blocked stairlights nearby. The main range has two 20th-century wooden casement windows under old timber lintels, one of which replaces the original door. The door in the wing is made of 19th-century planks under an older timber lintel.

Inside, the main building has 19th-century plank doors, exposed ceiling beams, and a staircase from the 18th or 19th century. The wing has 19th-century plank doors and 20th-century doors, with chamfered ceiling beams throughout the ground floor. There is a large fireplace with a stone and timber lintel, stairs with stone treads, and a plain doorframe. The front room features a flagstone floor. On the upper floor, the main building has early 20th-century fittings, while the cross-wing retains an original doorframe in the truss between the two sections.

Local climate

Upper Maestorglwydd Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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