Nest boxes and bee boles at Maes Merddyn is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 October 1998. Fitting/structure.
Nest boxes and bee boles at Maes Merddyn
- WRENN ID
- ancient-timber-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Conwy
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1998
- Type
- Fitting/structure
- Address
- Nest boxes and bee boles at Maes Merddyn, Bryniau Bugeiliaid, Pentrefoelas
- OS grid reference
- SH 865 542
- Coordinates
- 53.07341, -3.69468
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The structure consists of a rubble dry-built stone retaining wall located in front of the farmhouse. It features four emplacements for bee boles, positioned at approximately 1 meter high. Below these, there are three open-fronted nesting boxes, which were likely used for fowls.
Local climate
Nest boxes and bee boles at Maes Merddyn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,150 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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