Cowhouse, Barn and Cart Shelter at Bodfan is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1999. Barn, cowhouse, cart shelter.
Cowhouse, Barn and Cart Shelter at Bodfan
- WRENN ID
- late-parapet-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1999
- Type
- Barn, cowhouse, cart shelter
- Address
- Cowhouse, Barn and Cart Shelter at Bodfan, Llandwrog
- OS grid reference
- SH 442 555
- Coordinates
- 53.07481, -4.32638
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building at Bodfan consists of a cowhouse, barn, and cart shelter, constructed from irregularly coursed and dressed galleted rubblestone, with squared slabs used for the piers of the cart shelter. The roofs are made of grouted and graded slate for the barn and cart shelter, while the cowhouse has been replaced with tin sheeting. This long structure is aligned roughly east-west, featuring a taller barn in the center, a cowhouse at the east end, and a cart shelter on the west.
The cowhouse has three doors and includes stone cross-walls along with sawn and bolted A-frame trusses. The principal rafters of these trusses are embedded in the external walls instead of rising from their tops. The barn is divided into five short bays and also features A-frame trusses, with two being the original pegged type and two being sawn and bolted replacements. There is lime torching between the rafters, and a hay rack and trough are located on the back wall, which also extends into the back wall of the cart shelter. The west gable end of the barn has three tiers of splayed ventilation slits. The cart shelter includes sawn A-frame trusses and a stone cross wall with timber boarding above.
Local climate
Cowhouse, Barn and Cart Shelter at Bodfan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,370 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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