Barn to the W of Cwmannog is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 May 1996. School.

Barn to the W of Cwmannog

WRENN ID
weathered-kitchen-finch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
30 May 1996
Type
School
Address
Barn to the W of Cwmannog, Trefriw, Conwy
OS grid reference
SH 771 631
Coordinates
53.15158, -3.8378
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is an early 17th-century rubble barn located to the west of Cwmannog. It features an 18th-century additional bay at the upper end and a c. 1895 extension that is stepped down and adjoins the lower end. The barn has an old slate roof with some areas patched with corrugated iron and is built on boulder foundations.

There are opposing off-centre entrances to the main barn, each with old boarded doors. A plain window opening is located to the upper left, with a boarded entrance beyond it, and an open entrance at the far right. On the west side, there is another plain window opening to the right. The lower gable end has two ventilation slits, one above the other, along with further blocked slits visible internally on the long sides. The upper gable end features a crude boarded section, which may be original, and has a loading entrance in the centre.

Adjoining the main barn is the additional bay, which is both stepped down and set back slightly, and has a tin-sheeted roof. It includes a plain opening facing the farmyard. The lower addition is constructed of dressed and coursed slate blocks, featuring a central entrance flanked by open windows, all with large dressed slate lintels.

Inside the primary barn, there is a four-bay pegged oak roof of the tie-beam and raking strut type, with construction marks clearly visible. Most of the purlins and rafters have been replaced.

Local climate

Barn to the W of Cwmannog sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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