Llanstephan is a small rural settlement in the

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Glasbury Glasbury (), also known as Glasbury-on-Wye, is a village and community in Powys, Wales. The village lies at an important crossing point on the River Wye, connecting the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire, and is located just outs ...

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(formerly

Radnorshire Radnorshire () was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a Districts of Wales, district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populat ...

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. Llanstephan is centred around the isolated church of St Stephen (or Ystyffan). Llanstephan is first recorded as ''Llanytyffaen wen'' in the 15th century, with the 'wen' probably referring to the whitewash of the church. 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, - quoting John Marius Wilson's ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales'', but was re-roofed and repaired in 1867–68. Llanstephan House was demolished in 1972 and subsequently rebuilt. It was originally a tall, three-gabled house dating from the mid 1800s; it was remodelled in the 1920s. Other buildings of note include two early

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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

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. A

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was built across the nearby

River Wye The River Wye (; ) is the Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn Estuary. The lower reaches of the river forms part of Wales-England bor ...

in 1922 by David Rowell & Company. Llanstephan House, Boughrood (1295046).jpg, Llanstephan House (1910) Llanstephan House, Boughrood (1294655).jpg, Llanstephan House (1910) Llanstephan bridge, Llyswen (1294835).jpg, Llanstephan bridge (1910) Llanstephan bridge (1294825).jpg, Llanstephan bridge (1910)

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