Former grain and timber kiln is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 3 February 1992. Kiln.
Former grain and timber kiln
- WRENN ID
- knotted-steeple-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 3 February 1992
- Type
- Kiln
- Address
- Former grain and timber kiln, Bont Dolgadfan, Llanbrynmair
- OS grid reference
- SN 884 998
- Coordinates
- 52.58503, -3.64784
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building is a former grain and timber kiln, dating from an unspecified period. It is a low, single-storey structure made of rubble with a slate roof and ventilating ridge tiles. The southwest gable end is slightly above road level and features decorative bargeboards with openwork acorns representing the family arms. The building includes tumbled infill red brick in its timber framing.
There is a central door that provides access to the loft floor, marked with a W monogram on a lower quoin. On the right side, there is another door with cambered brick voussoirs, along with a square ventilator on the downhill gable.
Inside, the door leads to a working area in front of the kiln mouth, which contains a grate leading to a firebox set in a brick pedestal. The outer sides of the kiln curve up on groin ribs to iron beams, which support a table at the upper level where perforated metal sheeting is laid for the drying floor. The roof structure is simple.
Local climate
Former grain and timber kiln sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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