Llanstephan is a small rural settlement in the

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of Glasbury, Powys (formerly

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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 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

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. A

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was built across the nearby

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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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