Cowhouse at Bryngwdion is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 2000. Agricultural building.
Cowhouse at Bryngwdion
- WRENN ID
- silver-transept-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 July 2000
- Type
- Agricultural building
- Address
- Cowhouse at Bryngwdion, Pontllyfni, Llanllyfni
- OS grid reference
- SH 444 533
- Coordinates
- 53.055, -4.32219
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cowhouse at Bryngwdion is a long, low building divided into two distinct sections, with the right side being higher than the left. It is constructed from roughly coursed rubblestone and has a graded slate roof. The lower section on the left features two wide openings alternating with two doorways, while the higher section has five boarded doors with ventilators located near the ridge and small glass panels in the roof slope. The interior was not accessible at the time of the survey.
Local climate
Cowhouse at Bryngwdion 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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