Lower Maestorglwydd is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 June 1995. House.

Lower Maestorglwydd

WRENN ID
calm-pier-khaki
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
House
Address
Lower Maestorglwydd, Llanigon, Powys
OS grid reference
SO 209 374
Coordinates
52.03023, -3.1533
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Lower Maestorglwydd is a one-storey house with a semi-attic upper floor, rendered and topped with a concrete tile roof. It features a square-shaped central stone chimney and a second chimney on the north gable end. On the west side, there are stone labels above a mezzanine stair-light and a central door, which has been converted into a window. A lean-to shed is attached to the north end of the house.

Inside, the former hall in the southern part of the house has an ovolo-moulded ceiling beam along with other stop-chamfered beams, while the inner room displays exposed plain joists. The northern room, which was rebuilt in the mid-17th century as a parlour, features five ovolo-moulded ceiling beams with uniquely shaped stops, and a splayed fireplace with an arched timber lintel that is moulded to match the beams. There are two 19th-century panelled doors, and the chimneyside stairs were rebuilt in the 19th century. Some old roof trusses are partly visible in the southern part of the building.

Local climate

Lower Maestorglwydd 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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