Kiln House (roddyn) at Melin Pen-y-gaer is a Grade II listed building in the Conwy local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1998. Building.

Kiln House (roddyn) at Melin Pen-y-gaer

WRENN ID
knotted-span-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Conwy
Constituency
Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
1 April 1998
Type
Building
Address
Kiln House (roddyn) at Melin Pen-y-gaer, Arddwyfaen, Llangwm
OS grid reference
SH 967 469
Coordinates
53.0102, -3.53991
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Kiln House at Melin Pen-y-gaer is a 19th-century building constructed from local rubble country stone, topped with a slate roof. It features a stone lintel above a ground floor boarded door, which is elevated to cart level on a platform accessed by steps. The upper level has small timber windows. To the east, there are pig sties, which are commonly associated with corn mills.

The structure consists of three parts, with the door leading into a central service bay flanked by kilns in the two end bays. Each kiln has a funnelled entrance to the heating chamber below its floor, made with perforated tiles. The upper part of the central bay includes a raking space with spouts that connect to the service bay below. Access to each kiln floor is provided by doors located at the ends of the building.

Local climate

Kiln House (roddyn) at Melin Pen-y-gaer sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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