Cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 23 May 2003. Cartshed.

Cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn

WRENN ID
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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
23 May 2003
Type
Cartshed
Address
Cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn, Llanfair, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 585 283
Coordinates
52.83425, -4.10068
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn is a vernacular structure built from rubble masonry, featuring large stones as quoins. It has a roof made of small old slates with stone copings. The doorway is located at the west gable and was originally designed with two bays divided by a central column. The left (north) doorway is now blocked, while the right doorway has a sliding door attached to the outer wall. The roof consists of two bays supported by a central pegged collared truss.

Local climate

Cartshed at Llwyn Hwlcyn 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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