Barn Range NE of Plas Brondanw is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 14 May 1998. Barn.

Barn Range NE of Plas Brondanw

WRENN ID
plain-pediment-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
14 May 1998
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Range NE of Plas Brondanw, Plas Brondanw Estate, Llanfrothen, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 617 423
Coordinates
52.96108, -4.05984
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a boulder-built vernacular barn located to the northeast of Plas Brondanw, set into a slope just below the road. It features a 20th-century slate roof, with the former rubble gable parapets removed. The barn has off-centre opposing entrances; the southwest side has a wide entrance with a timber lintel leading to the yard, while the northeast entrance is partly blocked and has been converted into a window. There are two ventilation slits to the right and one to the left of the yard entrance.

To the left of the main barn, there is a later byre extension that is stepped down from the primary barn. This extension is also constructed from boulders, has a slate roof, and retains a rubble gable parapet. It features a plain central entrance on the yard side.

Inside the main barn, there is a four-bay roof supported by original collar-and-tie-beam trusses, pegged purlins, and original rafters, with a beaten earth floor. The two-bay addition is plain in design.

Local climate

Barn Range NE of Plas Brondanw sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,500 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 98% 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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