S Range of Farm Buildings at Penychain is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 8 February 1999. Farm building.
S Range of Farm Buildings at Penychain
- WRENN ID
- over-newel-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1999
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- S Range of Farm Buildings at Penychain, Morfa Abererch, Pwllheli, Llannor
- OS grid reference
- SH 427 362
- Coordinates
- 52.90076, -4.34004
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The southern range of farm buildings at Pen-ychain dates from the 18th century and is part of a farm yard that is a long rectangle extending to the west of the farmhouse. The yard is enclosed on all sides, with a main entrance on the south side and a driftway entrance on the west. This range of buildings extends from the small rear yard of the farmhouse to the south yard entrance. It is constructed of stone and features slate roofs.
The structure consists of two main sections: a 3-bay barn closest to the house, which has doors leading to the yard and a single slit window on each side. To the west, there are two sections that include a calf-house and associated functions, complete with stable doors and vented windows facing the yard, as well as a small door at the rear (south). At the eastern end, there is a small structure with an unequally pitched roof that faces the passageway. The plain south elevation features one door and tall ventilation slits in the western block.
Inside, the building has king-post trusses with raking struts, two loose-boxes likely intended for calves, an additional section possibly for weaning, and arrangements for cow stalling.
Local climate
S Range of Farm Buildings at Penychain sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows 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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