Cow House S of Ael-y-Glyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 21 June 2001. Cow house.

Cow House S of Ael-y-Glyn

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
21 June 2001
Type
Cow house
Address
Cow House S of Ael-y-Glyn, Harlech, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 583 316
Coordinates
52.8639, -4.10585
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a small rectangular cow house built from local rubble, featuring roughly-kneelered rubble gable parapets and an old slate roof. The entrance is located on the side opposite the lane, and there is a small later buttress on the right side facing the lane. The interior was not inspected during the survey.

Local climate

Cow House S of Ael-y-Glyn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,490 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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