Dol Ysgallog is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 5 August 2004. Barn, house.

Dol Ysgallog

WRENN ID
dim-crypt-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
5 August 2004
Type
Barn, house
Address
Dol Ysgallog, Cwm Llinau, Glantwymyn
OS grid reference
SH 851 102
Coordinates
52.67811, -3.69992
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

Dol Ysgallog is a single-storey building featuring a three-bay range constructed with random stone on the front elevation and coursed block masonry on the west gable end. The rear retains some box-panelling. The building has a slate roof with raised copings on the gables. The front elevation includes a wide central entrance that originally served as a cart bay, now filled in with red brick and a planked door. There is a butt joint on the far right, which may indicate a former doorway. The gable ends have no openings, but there is a small vent on the south gable.

On the west (rear) side, there is a single doorway on the right leading into the cow-shed. Toward the center, there is a butt joint followed by an area of box-framing above a timber sill, with woven lath infill that likely provided ventilation to the barn. To the left, there is an open-sided two-bay range at right angles, probably a hay-shed, supported by rough timber posts with braces at the top and covered by a corrugated iron roof. The northwest angle of the barn has been cut away to allow access to both the barn and the hay-shed.

Inside, the building features a three-bay roof with simple tie-beam trusses. The central cart bay has a partition wall on the left side made of vertical timber posts and struts, which appears to be plastered above the tie-beam level, possibly connected to the earlier house. The south bay has a lower floor and a loft, with a manger against the partition wall. The wagon bay opens into the north bay, which contains a stone fireplace with a slightly cambered timber lintel at the end, and the chimney is truncated below the ridge level. A doorway on the west side connects the barn to the hay-shed.

Local climate

Dol Ysgallog 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 93% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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