Cart shelter, barn, granary and smithy at Madryn Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 March 2000. Farm buildings.

Cart shelter, barn, granary and smithy at Madryn Farm

WRENN ID
north-lintel-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 March 2000
Type
Farm buildings
Address
Cart shelter, barn, granary and smithy at Madryn Farm, Aber
OS grid reference
SH 664 734
Coordinates
53.24168, -4.00245
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Madryn Farm features a group of model farm buildings that include a long cowhouse and stable range on the east, divided by a gatehouse in the Tudor Gothic style. To the south, there is a large yard for cows, bordered by a mock crenellated wall. North of the yard are two substantial parallel ranges: the southern range contains a cart shelter, barn with a granary above, and a smithy, while the northern range houses the main stabling. These ranges are connected by a structure on the west. The buildings are constructed from a mixture of uncoursed and roughly coursed rubblestone, with the gatehouse featuring regularly coursed and dressed rubblestone blocks. The roofs are slate, either gable-ended or lean-to, except for the north end of the connecting range on the west, which is half-hipped. Originally, the complex was protected by a screen wall to the north, but most of this has been demolished, leaving only a short section of crenellated wall in the north-east corner and the wall still standing on the south side of the yard.

The barn, cart shelter, and smithy range, which includes the granary above, has six square openings at the eaves, four of which have ventilated louvres for the grain store on this floor. Below, there are five wide segmental-headed openings with voussoirs, with the two openings on the right being paired and larger. The second opening from the left is partly blocked and has a doorway infill, with an iron wheel for driving gear above it. There are also two segmental-headed windows to the left of the left opening, and a wide segmental-headed opening in the west gable end, along with a lean-to on the north side. The smithy can also be accessed from the north side towards the east end.

Inside the granary above the barn, there are king-post roof trusses. The smithy is particularly well-preserved, featuring a large brick-built furnace and wooden work benches fixed to the walls.

Local climate

Cart shelter, barn, granary and smithy at Madryn Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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