Pen-y-Bryn Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Snowdonia National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 13 October 1966. Barn.
Pen-y-Bryn Barn
- WRENN ID
- gentle-sill-jay
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Snowdonia National Park
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1966
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Pen-y-Bryn Barn, Penmachno, Bro Machno, Conwy
- OS grid reference
- SH 786 503
- Coordinates
- 53.03628, -3.81049
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Pen-y-Bryn Barn is a 17th-century barn constructed from roughly coursed slabs of slate rubble, with a higher quality of masonry on the long side facing the house. Some of the slabs are inscribed with 'R' or a reversed 'R'. The barn features steeply-pitched gable ends with kneelers and is covered by a slate roof. Ventilation slits on the long sides have deep splays leading to the interior. Each long side has an asymmetrically placed broad doorway with a segmental arch made of long slate voussoirs and a slate hoodmould supported by corbels above. The doorways have double doors made of broad planks, with some original iron strap hinges; on the northeast side, the right door of the pair is a repaired original that includes old graffiti with 'R' and reversed 'R'. The northwest gable end has a central low doorway leading to cattle stalls, also featuring long thin voussoirs for the segmental arch, and three ventilation openings near the apex of the gable. The long side opposite the house has a later small door set at the eaves.
The barn consists of five bays and has an original roof structure supported by four trusses with collars and tie-beams, along with trenched purlins. The threshing floor is made of slate slabs, which may not be original, while the rest of the barn is floored with probably original slabs or cobbles. The northwest end contains timber cattle stalls, separated from the barn by a plank and muntin partition, with a loft above and a cobbled floor.
Local climate
Pen-y-Bryn Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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