Farm buildings at Glanllyn Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 April 2007. Farm building.
Farm buildings at Glanllyn Farm
- WRENN ID
- pale-rubblework-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 April 2007
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- Farm buildings at Glanllyn Farm, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 889 321
- Coordinates
- 52.87497, -3.65202
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The farm buildings at Glanllyn Farm consist of a barn, likely dating from the late 18th century, which forms the core of the group. An L-plan stable range was added later against the gable end of the barn, along with other ancillary buildings attached to its front wall. The barn is constructed from local rubble field stone, with larger stones used as quoins, and features slate roofs. It has an enlarged wide doorway in the rear wall, accompanied by paired tiered vent slits to its right. There are windows on each floor, likely related to the addition of a loft, with a loft entry to their left. The gable end displays dove holes and ledges at the apex, along with a small lower opening that has a massive stone lintel. The front elevation includes a projecting gabled wing and an integral lean-to.
The stable block is an L-shaped range, with a taller section at the south end. It is built of local rubble stone, with dressed stone used for the lintels, and also has slate roofs. The higher block is symmetrically arranged, featuring a central doorway (with a plan door and over-light) and a tall loft entry above. There are flanking windows on the ground floor and a boarded window at the upper right. A loft door is located in the gable end, although the stairs have been removed since 1999. At the rear, there is a lean-to, and stepped down from this is a smaller stable or store, which has a small-paned window to the left of the doorway and a small boarded window above it. This range extends beyond the barn to the rear, featuring a second divided doorway and a window on each floor. At right angles, there is another probable stable with a near-symmetrical elevation, including a central doorway and flanking windows, all with heavy stone lintels. There are two upper windows located at the left and center, both featuring small-paned glazing.
The tall stable at the south end incorporates a ceiling from Hen Glanllyn, likely dating to the late 16th century. This ceiling features cross-beams with deeply moulded chamfers and a rare central boss with a hexfoil motif, along with deep chamfered joists.
Local climate
Farm buildings at Glanllyn Farm 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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