Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llan is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 7 April 1976. Cowhouse and farm range.

Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llan

WRENN ID
waiting-gutter-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
7 April 1976
Type
Cowhouse and farm range
Address
Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llan, Llanarmon, Pwllheli, Llanystumdwy
OS grid reference
SH 423 393
Coordinates
52.92794, -4.34727
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Cowhouse and Farm Range located west of Ty'n-llan is a Grade II listed structure built from rubble stonework, featuring larger rubble quoins and slate roofs. This L-shaped range forms the northern and western sides of the midden yard, which has a raised rough stone pavement along these two sides. The cowhouse occupies the entire northern side of the yard and is adjacent to a narrow orchard along the roadside. It includes a stable door for each half and two ventilation windows. In the northwest corner, there is a feed preparation room, currently used as a workshop, which is accessed from the carthouse in the western range. This room has three small ventilation openings on the northern side and a door leading to the rick yard west of the farmyard.

The western range consists of several sections: on the right, there is a single bay open-fronted carthouse, followed by a two-bay barn that features a boarded door and two tall slit vents. Beyond the end of the raised pavement, there is a lower calf-house with a wide timber door, which is now used for sheep. The barn has a corrugated roof at the rear.

Inside the cowhouse, it is divided by a stone wall into two unequal parts, each equipped with stalling. The eastern section has two double stalls with access to a feeding walk along the northern wall. The adjoining half consists of two bays and includes three double stalls and a narrow passage leading to the feeding walk. The stalls are constructed with slate slabs, and there is a similar slab against the feeding walk, along with a low-placed feeding trough. The concrete floor drains into a central channel. The roof truss is made with doubled sawn principals set into the walls and clasping a collar, supported by a single purlin. The end food preparation bay features a flagged floor. In the western arm, beyond the open-fronted carthouse, the two-bay barn has an inserted hayloft in its southern bay, accessible by a ladder. The calf-house at the end of the range includes a manger along the western wall.

Local climate

Cowhouse and Farm Range W of Ty'n-llan 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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