Barn at Cae Hir is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 July 1995. Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn at Cae Hir
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-pedestal-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 July 1995
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Cae Hir, Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, LL40 2UR
- OS grid reference
- SH 659 199
- Coordinates
- 52.76086, -3.98772
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The barn at Cae Hir is a 3-bay structure built from rubble, with its southern gable end integrated into the rock. It features a boulder plinth on the northern side and has an old slated roof with rubble gable parapets. There is an upper loading bay on the southern gable. The western side, which faces the house, has an off-centre entrance on the left and an additional entrance on the northern gable, both with boarded doors. Small square windows are located on either side of the main entrance. Inside, there are crude collar-and-tie-beam trusses.
Local climate
Barn at Cae Hir sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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