Barn at Ffinnant is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 18 February 2005. Barn.

Barn at Ffinnant

WRENN ID
buried-railing-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
18 February 2005
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Ffinnant, Trefeglwys
OS grid reference
SN 977 914
Coordinates
52.51147, -3.50832
Source
Cadw listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Barn at Ffinnant is a 3-bay lofted farm building. The front is covered with weatherboarding and has a corrugated iron roof. The south gable end is made of corrugated iron, while the north end is open but features a corrugated iron gable. At the rear, there is a red brick lean-to. The front openings have been modified; there are three windows, at least two of which were likely doorways, along with a cart-bay opening on the right side. Above, there are three loft hatch openings and a large corrugated iron gate on the north gable end.

Inside, the building retains three pairs of full-height pegged cruck trusses. The outer trusses have collars, while the central truss has a later tie-beam added. All trusses show signs of being smoke-blackened, indicating they were used for domestic purposes. The lower part of the northeast cruck blade has been cut away for farm use. The side walls feature open box-panelling, with the western panel now located within the lean-to. The framing extends to the north, suggesting that a fourth cruck truss at the north gable end has been lost. There are no internal partitions remaining. There is possible evidence of opposing doorways to a cross-passage on the south side of the north truss, which may indicate a dais partition at the south end. The roof was raised, likely to insert a loft when the building was converted into a cow-house; however, there is no longer a loft, and the space is now open.

Local climate

Barn at Ffinnant sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Old Ffinnant Grade II 236 m
  2. Pencopi Grade II 441 m
  3. Farm Building at Pen y Ddol Grade II 511 m
  4. Potato store at Belle Vue Grade II 1.1 km
  5. Belle Vue Grade II 1.1 km
  6. Church of St Michael Grade II 1.1 km
  7. Ystradfaelog Grade II* 1.2 km
  8. Commins Cottage Grade II 1.3 km
  9. Barn at Birchen House Grade II 1.4 km
  10. Gwaelod Grade II 1.7 km