Wyfydd is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 May 1993. Residential.
Wyfydd
- WRENN ID
- sharp-cloister-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 5 May 1993
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Wyfydd, Pen-Y-Lan, Ruabon
- OS grid reference
- SJ 337 416
- Coordinates
- 52.96779, -2.98835
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Wyfydd is a single-storey and attic building featuring a brick-nogged and square-panelled timber frame, now topped with a corrugated iron roof. The western gable end has been rebuilt in sandstone for a dairy, with an added brick lean-to beyond; the original house may have extended further. The southern wall has been largely rebuilt in modern brick but retains the original timber frame below the eaves and features a timber doorhead over the main entrance, which is located in the cross-passage. There is one gable dormer to the left and a window opening below it. The northern wall, particularly the eastern end, retains the original frame largely intact, with a similar doorhead over a former doorway that now has a small-pane window inset. The eastern end includes one of the two full cruck trusses and a two-light attic window. The chimney has been removed externally.
The dwelling is currently abandoned and in poor condition. It has an unusual two-bay plan that includes a very narrow service room beyond the passage. It retains two full cruck trusses: one at the eastern end and another at the center, which is heavily smoke-blackened. The purlins are morticed for windbraces, and the central truss is cut at the front, which coincides with the rebuilding of the northern wall. A large stone fireplace was later inserted, backing onto the passage near the central truss, and at the same time, the building was ceiled with simply chamfered beams. A second fireplace was added later. The presence of two staircases suggests that the building was once divided into two cottages.
Local climate
Wyfydd receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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