Field cowhouse at Rhiw Felen is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 27 February 2004. Cowhouse.
Field cowhouse at Rhiw Felen
- WRENN ID
- young-facade-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 27 February 2004
- Type
- Cowhouse
- Address
- Field cowhouse at Rhiw Felen, Gallt Brynllin Fawr, Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 781 291
- Coordinates
- 52.84631, -3.81083
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The field cowhouse at Rhiw Felen is constructed from coursed boulders and features a roof made of profiled metal sheeting. It is built into the hillside and is oriented roughly north-south, with the remains of an attached enclosure to the east. The doorway is located in the south gable, which also has a small ventilation slit at the apex. There is a pitching hole in the opposite gable. The interior was not accessible for inspection during the survey.
Local climate
Field cowhouse at Rhiw Felen sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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