Cowhouse to south of Cae-efa-lwyd-fawr is a Grade II listed building in the Gwynedd local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 July 2000. Cowhouse.
Cowhouse to south of Cae-efa-lwyd-fawr
- WRENN ID
- lost-latch-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gwynedd
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 21 July 2000
- Type
- Cowhouse
- Address
- Cowhouse to south of Cae-efa-lwyd-fawr, Penygroes, Llanllyfni
- OS grid reference
- SH 461 529
- Coordinates
- 53.05204, -4.29713
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The cowhouse located to the south of Cae-efa-lwyd-fawr is built from roughly coursed rubblestone and features a graded slate roof with simple coped verges. It has a very long rectangular shape and includes four doorways—two on the left and two on the right—along with one window and several ventilation slits, all of which are topped with heavy stone lintels. There is a 20th-century rendered lean-to structure to the left of the center. Inside, the building has A-frame roof trusses.
Local climate
Cowhouse to south of Cae-efa-lwyd-fawr 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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