Cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 28 February 2005. Cow house.

Cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm

WRENN ID
wild-sentry-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
28 February 2005
Type
Cow house
Address
Cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm, Rhayader, Nantmel
OS grid reference
SN 983 682
Coordinates
52.30253, -3.49179
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm is a lofted structure built from rubble stone with a corrugated metal roof. The front features a round-headed doorway on the right, which has voussoirs. To the left, there are five doorways; the central doorway has a replacement concrete lintel, while the others have wooden lintels, mostly fitted with split boarded doors. The loft area is primarily supported by open timber framing. On the right gable end, there are three stepped ventilation strips. An added lean-to is located against the left gable end. The rear of the building includes four manure-pitching holes and an open steel-framed lean-to. The roof consists of five bays supported by queen-post trusses, which provide access to the loft.

Local climate

Cow house at Cefn Ceido Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,160 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 48 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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