Ty-bach at Sycamore Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 2 March 2004. Outhouse.

Ty-bach at Sycamore Cottage

WRENN ID
eastward-tin-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
2 March 2004
Type
Outhouse
Address
Ty-bach at Sycamore Cottage, Llanerchemrys, Llansantffraid
OS grid reference
SJ 200 229
Coordinates
52.7984, -3.18795
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Ty-bach at Sycamore Cottage is a brick-built single-seat earth closet, featuring a pit located on the downhill side at the rear. It has a boarded door and a slate roof with a tile ridge. The walls are whitewashed, and the structure is missing only the seat.

Local climate

Ty-bach at Sycamore Cottage 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 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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