Barn & Cowhouse ar Cae'e Berllan is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 February 1993. Barn, cowhouse.

Barn & Cowhouse ar Cae'e Berllan

WRENN ID
spare-hinge-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
19 February 1993
Type
Barn, cowhouse
Address
Barn & Cowhouse ar Cae'e Berllan, Llanrwst
OS grid reference
SH 806 602
Coordinates
53.12562, -3.78578
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This building is a barn and cowhouse located at Cae'e Berllan, listed as Grade II. It is constructed from local rubble with large stones used in the foundations, particularly at the rear. The main section features an old, thick slate roof, while the animal house has later slates, with some repairs made using modern materials in one bay at the rear. The northern elevation has a steeper roof pitch on the right bay. On the left side, there is a doorway and a window to the cowhouse, both with wooden lintels, and a blocked window above the door. A square window is located at the eaves, along with two slit ventilators. To the right of these features, there is a broad doorway with modern doors, a boarded door, and a small vent loop above. The rear of the building has a single door and a window to the east.

Inside, the roof has two tiers of purlins. To the west, there is a raised cruck truss with a collar, although the tie beam is missing. The purlins in the west bay are heavier than those in the rest of the barn, and the roof pitch is steeper; there are timbers on the rear of the cruck to adjust the pitch. Additionally, there are two other pegged roof trusses of the collar and tie-beam type. Between the barn and the cowhouse, there is a stone partition wall that rises to approximately 2 meters, above which is a roof truss with queen posts.

Local climate

Barn & Cowhouse ar Cae'e Berllan sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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 0.2°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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