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

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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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