Cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhos is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 September 1999. Cowhouse. 1 related planning application.
Cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhos
- WRENN ID
- mired-postern-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1999
- Type
- Cowhouse
- Address
- Cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhos, Penygroes, Llandwrog, LL54 7UE
- OS grid reference
- SH 479 545
- Coordinates
- 53.06624, -4.27003
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhos is a long rectangular building, oriented roughly from north-west to south-east, with a short range extending at right angles to the rear on the right side. The left side features uncoursed rubblestone, while the right side has roughly coursed rubblestone. The building is topped with a slate roof that includes ventilators and slate-coped verges.
On the left section, there are doorways positioned at the far left and offset to the right, with ventilation slits flanking the right doorway and windows on both sides. The right section has two doorways on the right side and ventilation slits to the left, along with a brick repair to the right-hand doorway. Inside, bolted A-frame trusses are present throughout the structure.
Local climate
Cowhouse at Uwchlaw'r-rhos 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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