Cowshed 20m S of Lea Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 April 1993. Cowshed.

Cowshed 20m S of Lea Farmhouse

WRENN ID
moated-alcove-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 April 1993
Type
Cowshed
Address
Cowshed 20m S of Lea Farmhouse, Downton, New Radnor
OS grid reference
SO 232 616
Coordinates
52.24755, -3.12516
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

This is a 19th-century single-storey cowshed located 20 meters south of Lea Farmhouse. The structure features five bays, with three of them being open-fronted. It has a rock-faced yard wall and a front that is partly made of stud and weatherboarding, topped with an iron roof. Inside, there is a rear feeding passage, along with a manger and racks for feeding.

Local climate

Cowshed 20m S of Lea Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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