Corn barn at Cors y Gedol Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 17 June 1966. Barn.

Corn barn at Cors y Gedol Hall

WRENN ID
salt-niche-jay
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
17 June 1966
Type
Barn
Address
Corn barn at Cors y Gedol Hall, Llanddwywe, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 600 230
Coordinates
52.78709, -4.07637
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The corn barn at Cors y Gedol Hall dates from the late 17th century and is a long linear structure consisting of 8 bays with wide opposing entrances at the center. It is constructed of mortared rubble masonry with gritstone dressings and features massive boulders at the base of the walls. The roof is slate with stone parapet copings. The wide doorway has a segmental head and jambs with roll moulding. On either side of the doorway are two rows of ventilation slits positioned alternately, and there is a course of doveholes directly beneath the eaves. Above the door, set in a gritstone frame, is a slate tablet displaying a shield in the form of a cross saltire, the emblem of the Vaughans. The tablet is inscribed with the initials G V and the date 1685, and the shield is topped with a helm featuring a demi lion and the motto: IMACULATA GENS.

There is an additional doorway cut into the south end of the east gable of the barn, along with three ventilation slits arranged in the gable apex. The rear doorway has been widened, and the lintel raised, now supported by a rolled steel joist at the head.

Inside, the corn barn features an exposed roof with 8 bays, each defined by tie beams with angled struts. The tie beams at the east end have been removed, and the tie has been raised to form a collar, likely as a result of the widening of the doorway in the south wall. The inner north doorway has a flat head made of rough stone voussoirs.

Local climate

Corn barn at Cors y Gedol Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,460 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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