The Wern is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 October 1998. Farm house.
The Wern
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-buttress-torch
- 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
- Farm house
- Address
- The Wern, Rhiangoll Valley, Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys
- OS grid reference
- SO 181 246
- Coordinates
- 51.91431, -3.19169
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Wern is a 17th-century farmhouse that stands two storeys high and features a gabled stair tower. It is constructed from local stone and roughcast, topped with a tiled roof that has replaced the original stone roof. The building has stone chimneys at both ends and another chimney offset to the middle. A modern porch has been added to the stair tower. On the right side of the tower, there are camber-headed windows, one on each floor, while on the left side, there are square-headed windows, two on each floor, flanking a doorway. The original small-pane sash windows have been replaced with modern fenestration, although a 4-light timber-frame window remains on the uphill gable end.
Although not accessible during the survey in August 1997, it is reported that the farmhouse retains its early plan form, featuring a post-and-panel partition, ornate door heads, and stone slabs in the dairy. One of the door heads in the screens partition is inscribed with the initials W T.
Local climate
The Wern 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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