Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 July 1999. Pig sty.

Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion

WRENN ID
sacred-iron-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Gwynedd
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
20 July 1999
Type
Pig sty
Address
Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion, Trefor, Caernarfon, Llanaelhaearn
OS grid reference
SH 372 462
Coordinates
52.98913, -4.42675
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion is a Grade II listed building. It is constructed with boulder walls and features a corbelled stone roof. The sty is situated next to the rear wall of the house, separated by a narrow passage. It has a square plan measuring approximately 1.7 meters on each side. The entrance to the run is narrow and low, measuring about 2 meters by 3 meters, and is located alongside the gable of the farmhouse. The internal height of the pig sty is approximately 1.2 meters.

Local climate

Pig Sty at Lleiniau-hirion sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,710 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 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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