Granary and carthouse at Penwern farm is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 January 1996. Granary, carthouse.
Granary and carthouse at Penwern farm
- WRENN ID
- errant-soffit-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1996
- Type
- Granary, carthouse
- Address
- Granary and carthouse at Penwern farm, Cornhill, Glasbury
- OS grid reference
- SO 148 405
- Coordinates
- 52.05676, -3.24349
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The granary and carthouse at Penwern farm is a 19th-century structure built of rubble stonework, featuring a low-pitched slate roof. The open end of the carthouse faces north and does not have doors; it is weatherboarded over. Access to the granary on the upper level is provided by stone steps that include a quarter landing against the lateral wall at the south end. The upper floor has boarded doors and two small windows. The northwest corner of the wall is slightly battered, revealing the exposed foundations.
Local climate
Granary and carthouse at Penwern farm receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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