Llanstephan, Powys

Llanstephan is a small rural settlement in the community of Glasbury, Powys (formerly Radnorshire), Wales. Until 1983 Llanstephan was a community itself.^[1]

Llanstephan is centred around the isolated church of St Stephen (or Ystyffan).^[2][3] Llanstephan is first recorded as Llanytyffaen wen in the 15th century, with the 'wen' probably referring to the whitewash of the church.^[3] The church appears to date from the 13th or 14th century, with a two-and-half stage tower. The building was described in 1859 as not in good condition,^[4] but was re-roofed and repaired in 1867–68.^[2]

Llanstephan House was demolished in 1972 and subsequently rebuilt.^[2] It was originally a tall, three-gabled house dating from the mid 1800s; it was remodelled in the 1920s.^[5] Other buildings of note include two early cruck frame houses. Dolwen is a few hundred yards south east of the church and has a Tudor door; Celyn, a mile north east, is now ruined but was originally a long house.^[2]

A suspension bridge was built across the nearby River Wye in 1922 by David Rowell & Company.^[2]

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  Llanstephan House (1910)
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  Llanstephan House (1910)
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  Llanstephan bridge (1910)
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  Llanstephan bridge (1910)