Workshop Range at Abbey Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the Denbighshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 November 1962. Garden house.

Workshop Range at Abbey Farm

WRENN ID
stubborn-steeple-frost
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Denbighshire
Constituency
Clwyd North MP: Gill German (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
16 November 1962
Type
Garden house
Address
Workshop Range at Abbey Farm, Rhuddlan
OS grid reference
SJ 028 774
Coordinates
53.28546, -3.45799
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Workshop Range at Abbey Farm is a Grade II* listed building. To the north, there is a two-storey, three-window range that may have originally served as a small stable and cartshed. It features two open bays supported by a central pier with timber lintels over the ground floor to the right. There is a separate doorway with a brick arched head to the left, and an external staircase leading to an upper door, which is flanked by loft windows. The staircase is a later addition and interrupts a voussoir headed window.

The southern building, which may be slightly older, is also two-storeyed and has a three-window range. It includes two wide doorways and a single window under a common lintel. An advanced bay to the right forms an outshut and contains a single window with a cambered stone head. Notably, part of a tomb slab featuring a cross-circle motif from the early 14th century is incorporated into the wall above the doorway.

The western elevation at the rear of this range showcases some of the original fabric from an abbey building. The construction of the southern section of the wall, which extends beyond the current buildings, is made of uncoursed rubble and is distinctly different from other structures on the site, including the northern extension of this building. Additionally, the regular spacing and alignment of the four pointed-arched windows in the southern section suggest they may be in their original positions. In the northern section, there is another similar window that is aligned differently and is likely re-sited, along with a blocked pointed arched doorway below it.

Local climate

Workshop Range at Abbey Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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