Field Cowhouse at Garneddi is a Grade II listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 25 November 1998. Cowhouse.
Field Cowhouse at Garneddi
- WRENN ID
- nether-passage-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP: Liz Saville Roberts (PC)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 25 November 1998
- Type
- Cowhouse
- Address
- Field Cowhouse at Garneddi, Ty Mawr, Porthmadog, Beddgelert, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 611 464
- Coordinates
- 52.99698, -4.07095
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Field Cowhouse at Garneddi is a vernacular structure dating from the 18th century, located against the slope of a hill. It is built from boulder rubble and sits on pronounced boulder and rock foundations. The roof is made of cement grouted slate and features crudely-kneelered rubble gable parapets. The front gable has an entrance with a crude projecting lintel supported by stone corbels, leading to a deeply-recessed boarded stable door. There is an open loading door at the rear gable, and the roof includes a discreet skylight on the right pitch.
On the eastern long side, there are two 19th-century rubble lean-tos that have a continuously-roofed structure made of corrugated iron; these have a modern stable door at the front and are open at the rear.
Inside, the cowhouse has a three-bay layout with original crude pegged trusses of collar and tie-beam type, along with surviving original purlins and rafters. The floor is slate-flagged and features a central slate gully, with slate partitions dividing the stalls. There are various pieces of graffiti in the doorway jambs, including one dated 1728 with the initials 'Rg' (?).
Local climate
Field Cowhouse at Garneddi 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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