Pigsties at Wern is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 1999. Pigsty.

Pigsties at Wern

WRENN ID
swift-rubblework-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 July 1999
Type
Pigsty
Address
Pigsties at Wern, Caeathro, Waunfawr
OS grid reference
SH 503 611
Coordinates
53.12667, -4.23764
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The pigsties at Wern are a simple rectangular structure built with rubblestone walls and a graded slate lean-to roof. Inside, there are slate slab dividers and doorways located at the corners of the lean-to. Currently, the pigsties are used to house oil tanks.

Local climate

Pigsties at Wern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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