Bark mill at Argoed is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 November 1966. Industrial, tannery.
Bark mill at Argoed
- WRENN ID
- worn-zinc-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1966
- Type
- Industrial, tannery
- Address
- Bark mill at Argoed, Llanfair, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 580 284
- Coordinates
- 52.83456, -4.10879
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The bark mill at Argoed is a small rural building that served as a bark mill and tannery. It dates back to an unspecified period and features a single-storey structure aligned roughly north-south, with a smaller range set at a lower level at the front southeast corner, creating an L-shaped plan. The building is constructed from roughly coursed rubble masonry, with large stones used for the quoins and lintels. The roof is covered with small slates and has stone copings on the gables of the main range.
The main elevations of the building face the farmyard and farmhouse to the east. There is a central doorway in the north-south range and an additional doorway located towards the north end of the east gable of the lower range. On the rear (west) wall of the north-south range, there is a single window opening that is unglazed.
While the interior of the bark mill could not be inspected during the survey, a report in the Journal of the Merioneth Historical and Record Society from 1990-93 notes that the mill wheel remains in place, as confirmed by the current owner.
Local climate
Bark mill at Argoed sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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