Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 2005. Pigsty. 1 related planning application.
Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern
- WRENN ID
- fossil-tallow-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 January 2005
- Type
- Pigsty
- Address
- Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern, Rhos-Y-Gwaliau, Llangywer, Gwynedd, LL23 7ER
- OS grid reference
- SH 944 350
- Coordinates
- 52.90217, -3.57139
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
This is a small pigsty range, likely dating to the 18th or 19th century. The structure is built of rubble stone with a slate roof, and features cast-iron roof lights on the rear slope. It comprises a single-storey building range which encloses a front yard. The pigsty range contains three separate sties, each with a doorway fitted with a boarded door. The enclosed yard retains two openings leading into the pens, and has slab floors and the remains of dividing walls.
Local climate
Pigsty at Ty'n-y-wern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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