Pig Sty at Tan y ffordd is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 2004. Pig sties.

Pig Sty at Tan y ffordd

WRENN ID
rusted-minaret-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 August 2004
Type
Pig sties
Address
Pig Sty at Tan y ffordd, Cemmaes, Glantwymyn
OS grid reference
SH 836 059
Coordinates
52.63915, -3.72128
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The pig sty at Tan y Ffordd is a pair of structures built from rubble stone and topped with a slate roof. The full-height doorways are centrally located and feature slate quoins. Each pen has a dividing wall and a central square pier at the front, with narrow doorways on either side. On the left and right of the doorways, there are slate-lined chutes designed for depositing swill. The walls are capped with large slate copings.

Local climate

Pig Sty at Tan y ffordd sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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