Barn at Rafel is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 22 October 2001. Barn.

Barn at Rafel

WRENN ID
odd-stone-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Snowdonia National Park
Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
22 October 2001
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Rafel, Parc, Llanycil, Gwynedd
OS grid reference
SH 888 340
Coordinates
52.89266, -3.65302
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The barn at Rafel is a rectangular structure built from local rubble, topped with a 20th-century corrugated iron roof. It features two entrances, one on the right and one on the left of a central 20th-century projecting lean-to made of whitened breeze block. The left entrance has a six-pane glazed upper section and an exposed timber lintel, while the right entrance has a boarded door. There are additional openings on the far left and right beyond the entrances; the left side has a six-pane 20th-century iron-framed window, and the right side has a larger loading bay located under the eaves, which is covered with corrugated plastic.

Inside, the barn retains its original four-bay interior, featuring pegged tie-beam trusses with raking struts.

Local climate

Barn at Rafel sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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